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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Denmark’s DSV eyes more big acquisitions in fragmented freight market (Reuters). As the Wall Street Journal reported: FedEx is opening four new hubs and “dozens” of small, satellite facilities to receive, sort and ship an expected surge in packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, executives said this week.

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Challenges Abound as Peak Season Approaches

Intelligent Audit

per package for its SmartMail products, depending on shipping speed and distance, ” according to SupplyChainDive. Billions at Stake as Freight Railroads and Unions Fail to Find Common Ground. For West Coast-based carrier OnTrac, these surcharges will be priced relative to the surge in home delivery a shipper sees during peak season.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. Evenex has “over 3,000 customers exchanging more than 375,000,000 documents every year and is the leading and preferred business-to-business integration provider in Denmark.”. Be Sociable, Share!

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Logistics Technology and Startup Roundup: Q1 2016

Freightos

Brought to you by Freightos , the Internet marketplace of the trillion dollar international freight industry. Freightos recently concluded a survey of over 90 senior logistics professionals, including VPs and senior board members from 19 of the top 20 freight forwarding companies in the world. GET INSTANT ONLINE FREIGHT QUOTES NOW.

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Battery Assault: The Innovation of Batteries “Powering” Automotive Manufacturing & Manufacturing Industries

GlobalTranz

Modular Zinc Air in Sea Land; Picture of Big Bend Power Station by wkniught94 talk container picture by Marc Cromme, Denmark. In modern logistic fashion, they package their batteries with the control electronics in sea-land containers. It takes a whole lot of batteries. A multitude of these containers equals a power plant.

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A chat with Scott Phillips

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Whilst I am Australian born, I was fortunate to have had an educational background spanning 3 continents, Australia, Thailand/Singapore and Denmark. I packed my (one) bag to start a considerable journey into becoming a Supply Chain Professional from the manufacturing floor up, with Detmold (Detpak) Packaging. .

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New Shipping Operations Ideas Bring Fresh Air to Stale Strategies

Intelligent Audit

Facing Low Package Volumes, UPS Introduces Logistics-as-a-Service Offering. As package volumes continue to fall, UPS CEO Carol Tomé hopes UPS can find increased revenue in partnership with larger corporations, such as Amazon. Freight Rail Labor Action Could Occur by Late November. Maersk Invests in U.S. Air Cargo Capabilities.