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Next-Generation Cloud Technology for the Supply Chain

January 03, 2012
New cloud solutions are emerging, but not everyone is adopting them.
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Trends to Watch in 2012

January 03, 2012
2011 had many lessons for the global supply chain. Here, we look ahead to see what 2012 will bring.
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Intermodal: A New Level of Reliability

January 03, 2012
New partnerships usher in a more efficient age of intermodal transport.
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Crossing the Ice

January 05, 2012
The Low-Down: Throughout the history of the world, no one has ever successfully walked from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back without any assistance.
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Scores of Transportation Stakeholders Take Message to D.C.

January 05, 2012
There’s a movement underway. It’s a movement, lead by NASSTRAC (a shipper’s association that provides advocacy, education, and provider relations to transportation executives) and the American Trucking Association.
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U.S. Manufacturers Find More Expansion Options in Southeast Asia

January 03, 2012
If China is too expensive, companies can find low-cost alternatives throughout the region.
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Automobile Transport—A Trucking Solution

Optimizing automobile trucking calls for a holistic approach to finished vehicle logistics.
January 05, 2012
One of the key industries in the global economy is the automotive sector, which, in 2011 produced a record of nearly 78 million vehicles worldwide.
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Asia Intra-Regional Trade to Grow

Asian high-tech companies shifting sourcing
January 05, 2012
Rising costs in China are prompting high-tech companies in Asia to explore alternative sourcing locations within the region as well as in North America. As part of this shift, half of all high-tech trade lanes in five years’ time are expected to involve intra-Asia movements.
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Freight Transport Volume in Argentina Rises

Growth is seen across sectors
January 05, 2012
Total volume at the Port of Buenos Aires is set to rise by 4.7 percent in 2012 to reach 13 million tons. Box handling will also grow by 4.7 percent to 1.2 million TEUs.
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Smart Transportation Systems Increase

Global investment will total $13.1 billion through 2017
January 05, 2012
According to a new report from Pike Research, smart transportation systems, also sometimes known as intelligent transportation systems (ITS), will see increased investment in coming years because it is seen as a way to maximize existing transportation systems without making major new capital investments.
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Tradewinds

DOT Bans Handheld Cell Phones

January 05, 2012
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have handed down a new joint rule prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using handheld mobile phones while driving.
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CEVA Increases its LCL Focus

January 05, 2012
CEVA Logistics is continuing to grow its less-than-container load (LCL) consolidation services by introducing an additional 30 new consolidation services worldwide.
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Crowley Launches First Ocean Class Tugboat

January 05, 2012
Crowley Maritime Corp. has launched the Ocean Wave, the first of four Ocean Class tugboats under construction at Bollinger Shipyards in Amelia, La.
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APL Expands Japanese Coverage

January 05, 2012
APL has enhanced its Japan to Thailand and Philippines coverage as a slot operator in a tie-up with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). The new service, named Japan-Thailand-Philippine (JTP) service, increases APL’s coverage of Japanese ports, in particular those of Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu, and Nagoya.
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MSC and CMA CGM Sign Partnership Agreement

January 05, 2012
The world’s second- and third-largest container shipping companies have signed a major agreement. Two family-owned companies, the Swiss-Italian MSC and France’s CMA CGM, have agreed to form a broad-based operating partnership spanning several trades, including Asia-Northern Europe, Asia-Southern Africa, and all of the South American markets.
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West Coast Stevedoring Operations

January 05, 2012
APS Stevedoring LLC, a new auto and general/breakbulk cargo stevedoring company headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., has begun operations in the Port of Richmond, Calif.
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57,000 DWT Bulk Carrier Vessel

January 05, 2012
Winland Ocean Shipping Corp. successfully delivered and placed in service its first new 57,000 DWT bulk carrier vessel, Fon Tai.
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West China Cold-Chain Logistics Center

January 05, 2012
Ground has been broken on the construction of West China’s largest cold-chain logistics center, which will be located in the Qingbaijiang district of Chengdu, Sichuan province.
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Explosives Trace Detector

January 05, 2012
Implant Sciences Corp., a provider of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, has announced the first sale of one of its newest products—the Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 explosives trace detector—within its German market.
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GPS-Enabled Web Portal

January 05, 2012
Four Soft (4S), which designs software solutions for logistics and transportation organizations, has launched a new collaborative Web portal, 4S Visilog. The portal utilizes GPS tracking devices in order to acquire real-time event information in regards to truck locations and transit shipments. In doing so, 4S Visilog allows its associates, business partners, and customers, among others, to remain in contact with one another throughout the entire supply chain process.
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Turkish Cargo Increases e-Freight Capabilities

January 05, 2012
Turkish Airlines’ cargo division has protracted its partnership agreement with TRAXON Europe, which first began in 1999, for another three years. Through the partnership extension, Turkish Cargo will have access to Traxon’s Europe network on a worldwide basis.
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Geographic Data Improves the Environment

January 05, 2012
With assistance from SAS Analytics, North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has analyzed geographic data to decide which types of road corridors will be built throughout the state during the coming months.
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GENCO ATC Improves Customers’ Productivity Levels

January 05, 2012
By deploying Vocollect Voice for its customers, GENCO ATC, a 3PL company, has helped an array of organizations save thousands of dollars, while also improving their productivity levels. Vocollect Voice is a voice-centric solution for mobile workers designed by Vocollect, a business unit of Intermec, Inc.
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CO2-Based Container Refrigeration System

January 06, 2012
Carrier Transicold has unveiled the world’s first CO2-based refrigeration system—the NaturaLINE. While using CO2 as a natural refrigerant, the NaturaLINE has been developed to reduce shipping lines’ on-board power generation requirements, which will ultimately decrease the amount of fuel used to generate electricity.
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AZ Goes Green

January 06, 2012
AZ, a provider of transportation, fulfillment, and distribution services based in New Jersey, has announced that, in the interest of protecting the environment, it will begin to use a lashing system that is designed with polyester Cordstraps, rather than lumber, as it acquires and secures exports and cargo loads.
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Carbon Calculator for Ports

January 06, 2012
To help a variety of worldwide ports estimate their greenhouse gas emissions and develop new emission reduction strategies, the Port of Los Angeles has developed a carbon calculator.
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck

January 06, 2012
Researchers from RMIT Univ., a technology and design university based in Melbourne, Australia, have developed the nation’s first hydrogen fuel cell truck. Since its development, the truck has demonstrated the ways in which vehicle design, as well as new sustainable technologies, can improve the cleanliness and sustainability of freight transport.
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Talented, Trained Workforce is Crucial for Business Success

The Southeast region is attracting expanding companies and labor forces.
January 03, 2012
There are many reasons why companies decide on one particular metro area over others for its site-location project. One of the most important reasons is the ability to recruit a skilled, well-educated workforce—both locally and from other parts of the country—to make the expansion a success.
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CSX Improves its Carbon Calculator

January 06, 2012
CSX has launched an enhanced version of its carbon calculator, which was first designed to help worldwide businesses and patrons understand the ways in which the freight rail industry can improve the sustainability of supply chains every day.
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Extreme Logistics

Extreme Logistics profiles the various ways that specialized cargo is transported around the world under demanding time, temperature, and handling requirements.

Podcasts

The Growth of Canadian e-Commerce and Logistics to Canada

The growth of Canadian e-commerce and logistics to Canada is on the rise with online Canadian purchases from U.S. retailers expected to jump to $31 billion (CAD) by 2015. U.S. retailers with an e-commerce platform need to identify a solid Canadian supply chain now to maximize revenue later. Learn from the Canadian logistics experts how your business can be successful at transporting your goods across the border into Canada.

Presented by: Purolater

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