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Accessing Bathrooms

Cathy Roberson

But, it looks like state legislation for bathroom access for truck drivers in Pennsylvania is still pending. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. I wear a number of hats these days.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. For centuries, the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. First use of a modern container for ocean freight.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Foxconn, for example, announced plans to reshore in Pennsylvania, investing $40 million for a mostly automated plant. Premium freight capacity improves. Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., Reshoring Stats Since 2013.

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Ecommerce Logistics: From Your Site to Their Doorstep

ShipBob

Shipments to brick and mortar stores may contain hundreds of items that are sent to one destination on pallets via freight. “With ShipBob, we have access to live inventory management, knowing exactly how many units we have in Texas vs. Chicago vs. Pennsylvania. Register for the Webinar Series.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

The top 10 states ranked by total manufacturing employment in 2013 are California (1,251,400 jobs), Texas (871,700 jobs), Ohio (662,100 jobs), Illinois (579,600 jobs), Pennsylvania (563,500 jobs), Michigan (555,300 jobs), Indiana (491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (458,400 jobs), New York (455,100 jobs), and North Carolina (442,500 jobs).