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Connecting Canada, the US and Europe

Cathy Roberson

Combined, the former acquisitions provide GLS with parcel and freight delivery services in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Utah. Headquartered in the Netherlands, GLS was acquired by the Royal Mail in 1999 and offers parcel and freight delivery services across Europe, Canada, and the US.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

and Europe for the winter holiday season. Further West, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho all appear to be on track for onions and potatoes. The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. filed for bankruptcy on August 31st. No doubt this will complicate efforts to get products from Asia to U.S.

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Profile in Leadership: Jeff Bezos Testifies Before Congress

Enterra Insights

Alibaba wants to elbow into Amazon’s data cloud business in Europe. We hire and train hundreds of thousands of people in states across the country such as West Virginia, Tennessee, Kansas, and Idaho. Breaking up U.S. tech companies would be a gift to ByteDance, Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, among others. For many, it’s their first job.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 30 – November 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

The United States will lift tariffs on some steel and aluminum imports coming from Europe beginning December 1 as part of an agreement to ease trade tensions between the two countries. That move is intended to bring rapid relief from existing port congestion by optimizing rail deliveries between the two states.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week, the world’s largest EV maker completed a long-delayed project to expand capacity at Gigafactory Shanghai, where it builds Model Y SUVs and Model 3 sedans for customers in Asia and Europe. The work incidents generally haven’t delayed cargo movement, but officials say they worry that confrontations over work disputes could escalate.