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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Reports Fourth Quarter Results. Reports 2012 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results. Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. Robinson and Con-way both reported Q4 and full-year 2012 results this week. Con-way : For the full-year 2012, Con-way reported net income of $104.5 Con-way Inc. million, up 18.2

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers. Walmart is eliminating “a few dozen” corporate positions , mostly in merchandising and replenishment, according to a Talk Business and Politics report. “As

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers. Walmart is eliminating “a few dozen” corporate positions , mostly in merchandising and replenishment, according to a Talk Business and Politics report. “As

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Freight Rates Are Climbing, Especially on These 3 Lanes

DAT Solutions

The best news was out of Fresno , where volumes stayed steady from the previous week, even though last week was just a 4-day work week. Outbound rates tumbled in Sacramento , so you’d be better off hauling out of Fresno this time of year. Rates are derived from actual rate agreements and contracts, as reported in DAT RateView.

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Will 2018 be the Start of the Robot Revolution?

Enterra Insights

According to a report from Forrester Research, automation is poised to replace nine per cent of all US jobs in 2018.[1] Sam Shaw reports, “Leslie Willcocks, professor of technology, work and globalization at the London School of Economics’ Department of Management, describes it as taking the robot out of the human.”[6]

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Rates Rise in Major Markets During Inspection Blitz

DAT Solutions

Things are heating up in California, with lots of loads rolling out of Fresno , and a big rebound under way in Sacramento. Rates are derived from actual rate agreements and contracts, as reported in DAT RateView. Harvests have slowed in Florida , and rates continued to drop on the lanes heading out of Lakeland and Miami.

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Vans and Reefers Head South for Rising Rates

DAT Solutions

Trends are mixed in California, where there was a big increase in the number of reefer loads moving out of Los Angeles and Fresno last week, but rates were stable or declining. In Fresno, up in Central California, load volume increased but rates dropped. Reefer rates rose in Denver. Los Angeles – L.A. BEST ROUNDTRIPS.