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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If According to the press release, clients using MercuryGate can now access ShipCSX, CSX’s online booking tool, via their transportation management system to plan, ship and pay for intermodal shipments.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

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Russia, Iran, North Korea, and ISIS : Call them “The Unpredictables” (you can probably add China to the mix too). planes and ships ); Iran and North Korea and their nuclear ambitions; ISIS exporting its brand of terrorism around the world; and China building islands in the South China Sea (and reportedly putting weapons on them ).