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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Net revenues from “other logistics services,” which include transportation management services, customs, warehousing, and small parcel, increased about 15 percent in Q4 2012 (excluding contribution from acquisition), driven primarily by transaction increases in its transportation management and customs services. million, up 2.7

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Van and Reefer Rates Drop, in Mid-July Lull

DAT Solutions

Rates also drifted down in Los Angeles , but volume is building in Sacramento , so that market may improve soon. Outbound rates continue to rise in Elizabeth , NJ, close to warehouses, the East Coast’s largest sea port, and farms in the more rural areas of the Garden State.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

More companies are exploring ways to staff warehouses with robots but may have to wait a few years for the technology to catch up. More than a fifth of warehouse operators have invested in automation to help address labor shortages, particularly as they worked to handle surging e-commerce orders during the pandemic.