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Leveraging FTZ 49 to Promote Import/Export Growth

Challenge: Today's 3PLs need every advantage to make them consistently more attractive to diverse client types year round.

Livingston Facilitates Finely-Tuned Global Shipping For Manufacturer of Acoustical Products.

Challenge: As the market leader in the design, manufacture and installation of custom acoustical ceiling and wall products, our client requires reliable global shipping for its success.

Refrigerated Goods Carrier Uses RFID to Stop Loading Errors

Trailiner, a U.S refrigerated goods carrier, recently announced that it is employing radio frequency identification to prevent loading and transportation errors, while saving the cost of manning its yard gate 24 hours a day.

Renewed Freight Payment and Audit Relationship Strengthens Supply Chain

Challenge: After working with a large manufacturer to manage their freight bill audit and payment, the client chose to move the business to a logistics provider to support these and other supply chain needs. After a period of time with the company, however; they determined they were not receiving an adequate return on investment for the services.

Kerry Logistics Wraps Up Acquisition of Apex Maritime

Kerry Logistics Network Ltd., a logistics services provider operating in Asia, has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Apex Maritime, a non-vessel operating common carrier based in South San Francisco, Calif.

B&H Worldwide Opens Climate-Controlled Facility in Australia

B&H Worldwide, a specialty logistics services provider, has opened a new climate-controlled store facility at Sydney airport in Australia.

Aspen Technology Issues Update of aspenONE Software

Aspen Technology, Inc., a provider of software and services to the process industries, has made generally available Version 9 of two applications, aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain.

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Airbus Group to Deploy Dassault Systèmes' Collaborative Design, Simulation Applicatio

Following a two-year benchmarking process, Airbus Group is extending its use of Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform to its additive manufacturing programs integrating design, simulation and production.

Free Shipping, Easy Returns, In-store Cell Phone Notifications Among Tech Retailers Should Invest In, Study Says

The 3rd annual Walker Sands Future of Retail Study analyzes the rise and adoption of emerging retail tech, with a heavy focus on gauging consumer reaction to potential tech game-changers (cue drones) and exploring consumer spending habits.

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With Insurance Picture Clearer, More Foreign-Owned Vessels Shipping Iranian Oil

More than 25 European and Asian-owned supertankers are shipping Iranian oil, data seen by Reuters shows, allowing Tehran to ramp up exports much faster than analysts had expected following the lifting of sanctions in January.

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CaroTrans Debuts Weekly LCL Service Between Korea and Atlanta

CaroTrans, a global non-vessel operating common carrier, is launching a new, weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service between Busan, Korea and Atlanta.

Strong Growth Predicted for Electric Bike Sales, Even in U.S.

Electric-bike sales are expected to total $15.7bn globally this year and reach $24.3bn in 2025, according to Navigant Research. "It's a category that is wide open," says Edward Benjamin, senior managing director of ECycleElectric Consultants in Fort Myers, Fla., and chairman of the Light Electric Vehicle Association. "Little guys are jumping into a business that no one's been paying attention to," he says.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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