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Supply Chain Sustainability Gathers Steam

Logistics Viewpoints

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. That’s starting to change. More and more large U.S. In the U.S.,

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Supply chain professionals can learn a lot from Hollywood about outsourcing, sustainability, Big Data, innovation, supply chain strategy and risk management. Instead, those films merely served as an excuse to feature freight trucks travelling at high speed and the widespread destruction of police cars and houses.

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Hub Group acquires Exel Transportation Services

Supply Chain Network

NASDAQ: HUBG), one of the nation’s leading freight transportation management companies, announced today that it purchased Exel Transportation Services (ETS) for $83 million before post closing adjustments. Hub Group, Inc. ETS is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hub Group, operating independently under the name Mode Transportation.

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Air Cargo Got It Wright: 9 Incredible Air Cargo Facts

Freightos

The company still aggressively pursues innovation. #3 million tonnes) of loaded and unloaded freight. Memphis International Airport comes in 2nd. The rule of thumb for cargo spot rates is that air cargo is about 11 times more expensive than sea freight. Be a freight hero. FREIGHT QUOTES IN SECONDS.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 1, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Bot features include pedestrian-safe technology from the iBot, plus advanced technology such as LiDAR and multiple cameras, allowing the zero-emission, battery-powered bot to be aware of its surroundings […] FedEx plans to test the bot this summer in select markets, including Memphis, Tenn., pending final city approvals.