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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

He is the former chairman of the board of directors for the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). He is on the board of directors for the National Industrial Transportation League and chairs its Highway Transportation Committee. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, the world’s hub for oil and gas.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Absurd” safety inspections are causing wait times as long as 24 hours in lines that stretch for 14 miles, Mexico’s biggest trucking group said in a statement October 8. Moller-Maersk A/S , the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable.

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The Empty Container Marketplace with Sean Bardon

The Logistics of Logistics

Sean is a bilingual start-up veteran who’s worked in China with the Beijing Silicon Valley Group, leading the logistical planning of multiple joint ventures. About Sean Bardon Sean Bardon is the Co-founder and COO at Qualle, The world’s first empty container marketplace truckers actually use.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Real-estate services firm CBRE Group Inc. freight railroads have reported strong profits in recent years, helped by higher prices and steady business in transporting everything from automobiles to fertilizer. The companies launched their pilot program about a year ago to autonomously transport goods between Dallas and Houston.

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Enabling Innovation Groups To Sell More Effectively to Operations Leaders

ThroughPut

Whether it is access to data, maneuvering around competing innovation objectives, tracking down actual factory-floor operators, or involving oft-neglected procurement groups, there are internal bottlenecks everywhere.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It could take months.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber , an international technology group, has signed an agreement to purchase enVista’s platform of Enspire Commerce omnichannel solutions, including its order management system (OMS), and its freight audit and payment (FAP) service. According to The McCown Report, imports to the top 10 US ports rose 5.9 percent year on year to 2.16