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Most Manufacturers Struggle to Fill Skilled Positions with Qualified Candidates, Poll Says

A survey of hiring managers and human resources professionals about recruiting and employment trends in manufacturing and distribution found that 77 percent of manufacturers and distributors are facing challenges finding skilled workers for new positions and to replace workers who have left.

Ocean Shipping Industry Struggles with Profitability Despite Record Volume, U.N. Survey Finds

Driven by rising domestic demand in China and by increased intra-Asian and so-called South-South trade, international seaborne trade performed relatively well in 2012, with volumes increasing by 4.3 percent, reaching 9.2 billion tons for the first time ever, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Review of Maritime Transport 2013 reports.

Streamline Issues Winter Release of ERP for Logistics, Supply Chain

Streamline, a vendor of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications for logistics and supply-chain management, has launched its Winter 2013 release.

Yusen Logistics Offers Temp-Controlled Consolidation to Africa

Yusen Logistics has joined with Imperial Health Sciences (HIS) to provide a temperature-controlled sea-freight consolidation service to Southern Africa for the pharmaceutical industry.

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DHL Breaks Ground on $35m Distribution Center at Chicago's O'Hare Airport

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight unit within Deutsche Post DHL, has broken ground on a $35m facility at O'Hare International Airport, which will include 53,000 square feet of office space and 423,030 square feet of warehousing, and is expected to be the largest DHL Global Forwarding building in the U.S.

Grocery Store Chain Unveils Natural Gas Powered Truck Fleet and Fill Station

Food is now arriving at grocery store shelves across the East Coast with a smaller carbon footprint, thanks to the recent purchase by Supervalu Inc. of 35 Class 8 Volvo trucks that operate on compressed natural gas (CNG).

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Kewill Enhances Multi-Country Customs Compliance Software

Kewill, a vendor of supply-chain execution software, has made enhancements to its multi-country customs-compliance application, Kewill CustomsXchange.

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G6 Alliance Announces Expansion in Pacific and Atlantic Trades

The vessel-sharing arrangement known as the G6 Alliance is extending its reach to the Asia-North America West Coast and trans-Atlantic trade lanes.

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Prepare Your Company to Work with 3PL for Greatest Success, ROI

Getting the funds and approval from executives to implement and/or expand transportation services and systems sometimes takes the assistance of 3PLs who can provide detailed explanations of the long-term benefits of specific supply chain strategies.

'South-South' Trade Lanes Connecting Latin America, Africa, Asia Grow in Importance

Changes in global trade have left freight forwarders and logistics operators open to additional liability, warns an insurance specialist.

Slight Improvement Reported in International Airfreight

There was a small improvement in airfreight growth in October, according to the International Air Transport Association. Compared to October 2012, global freight tonne kilometers rose four percent, with growth in all regions except Africa.

Urgent Imports of LNG Sought for Southern French Ports

Gas supplies at the southern French hub of Marseille are running dangerously short on a dearth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries, cold weather and low stocks at the onset of winter, pushing prices there to among the highest in the world.

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