DC Velocity

APRIL 20, 2018

It's a land grab for capacity in an ultra-tight market, and all ideas are on the table.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 20, 2018

More of a problem than the 14-hour overall time frame to drive and 10 hours of off-duty time specified for commercial truck drivers in the federal Hours of Service (HOS) rules is the continuous, unstoppable structure of that time, truck drivers have told Fleet Owner.

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DC Velocity

APRIL 20, 2018

Truckstop.com's chief economist, Noël Perry, says Transport Futures site will offer insight and data for transport decision makers.

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Supply Chain and Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

Here’s a great idea: why don’t we simply buy a 3PL? It is a lot easier than developing all that wretched software ourselves!

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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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DC Velocity

APRIL 20, 2018

Ceva launches IPO with CMA CGM taking a one-quarter stake, and with the two planning to build integrated services.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2018

Earth Day, observed each year on April 22, serves as a celebration of the birth of the modern environmental movement. Started in 1970, Earth Day was sparked by the country’s burgeoning understanding of how contemporary industrial practices were negatively impacting the environment. The celebration was designed to bring awareness to many of the dangers affecting the environment — air pollution, water contamination, habitat destruction, and so on — and to encourage people to take action in protect

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 20, 2018

Despite concerns that the hard ELD enforcement deadline would suck capacity out of the freight market, DAT is not seeing that.

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Transporeon

APRIL 20, 2018

The first Earth Day occurred on April 22, 1970, thanks to a huge effort from U.S. Senator Gaylor Wilson from Wisconsin who wanted to bring attention to the state of our environment after he witnessed the effects of massive oil spills along the California coast. Earth Day caught on, sparking a national interest for conserving energy, lowering carbon emissions and keeping our air clean.

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Material Handling and Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

When using completely automated project implementation practices, organizations experience a 10%-15% reduction in overall staffing requirements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 20, 2018

April 17 was Tax Day in the United States. And it appears that many Americans (myself included) were giant procrastinators this year. While I didn’t wait until the very last minute to file, many millions of Americans did. And when they did, they discovered they were in a nightmare scenario – they couldn’t file their taxes because the IRS systems were down.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

I am in Minnesota today, at the CSCMP Twin Cities Roundtable Annual ½ Day Seminar , where I am participating in a keynote session with Rick Blasgen (President & CEO of CSCMP) and Steve Raetz (Director Research & Market Intelligence at C.H. Robinson). The focus of our session is “Today’s New Normal” — a discussion about emerging trends and technologies in the industry, everything from e-commerce to blockchain, and what it means for supply chain and logistics professionals.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 20, 2018

Challenge: Build more trucks to keep up with future production goals and demands, and do it in an optimized space.

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Material Handling and Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

The union sued in Ohio and Virginia where many Teamsters work in manufacturing and are prescribed opioids to treat on-the-job injuries.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 20, 2018

Join us May 15, 2018 at 2PM Eastern for 5 Tips to Take your Driver Improvement Program to the Next Level.

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Material Handling and Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

KION North America has introduced three new Linde electric pallet trucks with load capacities ranging from 2,600 to 4,500 lbs.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 20, 2018

The 2018 MHI Annual Industry Report released last week at Modex has many interesting findings from the survey it’s based on, including the adoption rate for Cloud solutions.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 20, 2018

Project44 says it brings dynamic shipment data and true supply chain visibility to a black box industry.

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Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 20, 2018

Earlier this week, Chicago-based project44, a technology services provider offering standardized, secure Web service API (application programming interfaces) integrations enabling 3PLs and shippers to connect with carriers in real time said it has continued to stay on a solid path for funding, having raised $35 million in new funding since closing a $10.5 million Series A investment of growth capital in September 2016.

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Logistics Manager

APRIL 20, 2018

The French based container shipping line CMA CGM has announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire an equity stake of nearly 25% of CEVA Logistics AG (“ CEVA ”), a global leading player in the logistics sector. CMA CGM stated that as part of this process they would subscribe to a 380-450 million Swiss francs ($463 million) convertible bond offering by Ceva Logistics.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 20, 2018

Carloads headed up 1.6% annually to 258,123, and intermodal containers and trailers rose 6.9% compared to the same period a year ago at 276,075.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 20, 2018

By David Beaumont. ‘The quartermasters claim on history may, at its root, lie in the effect of logistics on timing …… the longer a nation requires to bring its force to bear, the more time its enemies have to seize whatever objectives they consider desirable.’ – Thomas Kane, Military Logistics and Strategic Performance. In 2017 there was much rhetoric, and undoubtedly planning, for significant military operations in the North Asian region.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 20, 2018

The Career Readiness Academy (CRA) held a session at Evans Distribution Systems on April 16 th , 2018. Hosted by the Detroit Economic Club , the CRA is a 7-month program during which DEC Young Leaders are paired with high schoolers to help students prepare for the working world. Throughout those 7 months, students receive mentoring in sessions to help them to move throughout the high school journey and toward a future career.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 20, 2018

I really like seafood and since I live in Valencia, I can enjoy it anytime and can be totally sure that it is fresh since the city is based next to the seaside. However, back to my home country, we do not have that access to the diversity, quantity and quality of fresh fish. But it has always been a demand, so in recent years a lot of seafood restaurants have been opened and in order to attract clients they deliver fresh fish on a daily basis from all over the world.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 20, 2018

Over the years, the concept of the wisdom of crowds has been applied to any number of predictive efforts, from sports and entertainment to economic trends. Now it has emerged as a tool for assessing the financial stability of suppliers and other supply-chain partners. The concept is embodied in a financial-risk score known as FRISK, developed by CreditRiskMonitor.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 20, 2018

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, hit an over three-month high on Friday as a rally in the capesize vessel segment helped the index record its best week since August 2014. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, was up 80 points, or 6.7 percent, at 1,281 points, the highest level since Jan. 11.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

100-page issue includes interviews with industry leaders from across UK and European logistics and supply chain sectors. Reports from LogiMAT as well as CeMAT preview material. The post May 2018 appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 20, 2018

Home > Strategy > Transportation-industry economist launches website. Strategy April 20, 2018. Truckstop.com’s chief economist, Noël Perry, says Transport Futures site will offer insight and data for transport decision makers. By DC Velocity Staff. Truckstop.com economist Noël Perry has launched a website that offers insight and data for transport decision makers, he said Thursday.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

FermRFID, a Division of FineLine Technologies, and Camso have announced a multi-year RFID development agreement to commercialise a patent pending RFID solution for solid tyres called the ‘plug’ The solution, which has undergone development and testing by FermRFID and Camso for two years, can uniquely identify tyres and track them throughout the entire supply chain from manufacturing, vulcanisation, warehousing, shipping and at customer locations.

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