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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

The state also is home to the Fort Worth Alliance Airport, which is a public-use airport located 14 miles north of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. North Dakota. Content Summary: North Dakota has 19 different international ports of entry. It is the world's first purely industrial airport.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. We’ve seen lots of stories over the last few years of retail stores shifting to smaller format stores to focus on e-commerce fulfillment. McDonald’s also jumping on the bandwagon.

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How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market

DAT Solutions

Natural gas is a by-product of the fracking / oil production process in the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota and the Permian Basin of West Texas, as well as lesser fields, and a primary product in the Marcellus Shale. Hopper cars will carry the plastics to packaging facilities in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.

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