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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

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Concern about supply chain disruptions triggered by the Lunar New Year holiday that began this week is running higher this year than last, according to a survey from the German container logistics platform Container xChange. Smaller parcel carriers made big gains during the pandemic handling packages that the larger players couldn’t deliver.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 21 – 27)

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billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. This commitment goes beyond the authority’s direct emissions and extends to emissions produced by its operating partners, including marine terminal operators, oceangoing vessel operators, railroads, and trucking companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 3)

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According to the annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, nearly 180 million Americans shopped during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. This relates to an ongoing trend from the Covid pandemic: demand is surging.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

Management of the other railroads are looking over their shoulders at CSX, which has delighted Wall Street by lowering its operating ratio at the expense of service cutbacks, closed rail yards and the shedding of thousands of employees. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.