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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Fuel Prices Keep Pressure on Van Rates

DAT Solutions

The looser capacity up north were offset by intense demand for dry van freight transportation across the southern band of states, from California through the entire Southeast region last week. On the top 100 van lanes, the biggest jump was on the lane from Atlanta to Philadelphia , up 28¢ to $3.28/mile. loads per truck.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

The collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will cause “major disruption” in the region just as the summer travel season begins, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. The agreement paused dockworker job actions potentially through the end of this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 11 more cities (Seattle Times). Marten Transport Ltd. Shippers are under enormous pressure to cut transportation costs and seem not to be satisfied with the massive fuel surcharge reductions racked up over the past year and a half.”. Analysts at Stifel Inc. Hub Group Inc.,

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This Week in Logistics News (June 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Air quality in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia is still unhealthy but improving slightly from hazardous levels on Wednesday. The agency issued ground stops for Philadelphia and New York airports earlier in the day. Most of the Washington, DC, metro area is now experiencing hazardous air conditions.

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High-Tech Nation: How Technological Innovation Shapes America’s 435 Congressional Districts

GlobalTranz

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. Louis, where he earned an M.A. in Political Economy and Public Policy and a B.A.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. The company has operations in more than 40 countries and specializes in integrating different modes of transport in logistics solutions. Tsukumo Shokai Shipping company was founded transporting passengers from Yokohama to Shanghai.