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This Week in Logistics News (November 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

The UN Conference on Trade and Development released a report that states “ the current surge in container freight rates, if sustained, could increase global import price levels by 11% and consumer price levels by 1.5% The Port of Los Angeles processed 902,644 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in October. between now and 2023.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million (WSJ – sub. As of today [July 20, 2017], the company will suspend operations in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, and only operate in San Francisco, where the company is based. View Results.