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This Week in Logistics News (December 8-12, 2014)

Talking Logistics

October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Robinson office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands has increased it’s offering to incorporate the entire C.H. The new Canadian offices allow Transplace to expand its presence and continue to specialize in Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada freight.

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End-to-end Supply Chain Visibility Calls for Addressing the Unique Needs of Europe

Logistics Viewpoints

Europe is also more complex than North America, given factors such as the sheer number of countries and the wide variability in policies, infrastructure and the like. Europe is a fragmented market, and maintaining visibility over a vast multimodal freight ecosystem throughout the continent is no mean feat. For the UK, it’s 71%.

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Global Status of the Physical Internet — A Vision for Sustainable, Secure, Resilient Supply Chains

Freightera

BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. Now planning for complete Physical Internet system by 2030.

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YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Questionnaire

The Lean Supply Chain

Actual Systems has successfully expanded beyond North America and penetrated Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland and Spain.  Who are the top vendors ( called “Best of breed” ) on the market? YMS vendors : High Jump. Red Prairie.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). FMCSA confirms permanent ‘restart rollback’ based on study results (CCJ). Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 31 – November 4, 2016)

Talking Logistics

In other trucking news, the Wall Street Journal reported (based on data from ACT Research) that “orders for heavy-duty commercial trucks in North America plummeted 46% in October from the same month last year, providing a grim outlook for truck manufacturers in the coming year.”

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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

But with alternative routes and plenty of excess capacity available, operations should continue reasonably well, and freight rates are unlikely to spike to extreme highs. With the other major carriers also rerouting now, it is likely freight rates will rise for Asia – N. Shipping through the Suez Canal will take more time.

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