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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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‘Red Zone’ Trucking

Tailwind

It is estimated that there is 17 to 20% slack capacity in the trucking industry in North America. For an industry that moves 70% of the freight across the North American continent, this excess capacity is truly a very big number. It is said to be a place where the chances of scoring are statistically higher.”. from Wikipedia*.