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Shipping Industry Rolls Out Safety Campaigns

Two major safety campaigns have just been launched, one from an international body representing freight forwarders and the other from a major container shipping line.

China Shipping Chasing Maersk by Ordering Five of the World's Biggest Vessels

China Shipping Container Lines plans to order five 18,000 20-foot-equivalent unit container ships, the world's largest, becoming the first carrier to challenge Maersk Line, which will deploy the first vessel of this size in the Asia-Europe trade in June.

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Looking to Real Estate Just to Cut Costs? Beware Major Financial, Operational Risks

Long a go-to for corporate cost cutting, corporate real estate has turned a corner and is becoming a solid productivity driver, with CEOs starting to reap the rewards of enhanced revenue, shareholder value and employee performance. A new Jones Lang LaSalle report reveals that companies that view real estate assets singularly as a source of short-term cost reduction are actually incurring hidden long-term financial and operational risks.

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United Airlines Launches Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative with Its Suppliers

United Airlines is launching a Sustainable Supply Chain (SSC) initiative in an effort to better understand the environmental performance of its suppliers and deepen relationships with its key supply chain partners.

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Schneider National Debuts Bulk Intermodal Transport Service

Schneider National Bulk Carriers has launched a bulk intermodal transportation service.

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UPS to Acquire Hungarian Pharmaceutical Logistics Company

UPS has announced its intention to acquire Cemelog Zrt, a pharmaceutical logistics company based in Hungary.

For Second Consecutive Month, Used Class-8 Truck Volumes Are Up

The used truck market enjoyed a second consecutive month of improved volumes in March. The retail market was flat compared to February, while the wholesale market contracted. However, the auction market roared back to life in March, growing 126 percent, giving the overall market a 4-percent boost month over month.

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Europe's Short Sea Shipping Network Could Teach U.S. Quite a Lot

With all the years of studies and analyses showing the benefits of short sea shipping on America's 96,000 miles of coastline and 22,000 miles of inland waterways, there is still no federal policy on development of America's Marine Highway. In fact, the Administration has tabled discussions about maritime initiatives until 2017, which essentially means maritime policies will wait until the next administration takes office.

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Graybar Adds Locations in Pennsylvania, New York

Graybar, a distributor of electrical, communications and data-networking products, as well as provider of related supply-chain management and logistics services, has beefed up its sales network.

DAT Adds Specialty Trailers to Load Boards Offering

DAT, a provider of load boards for the spot freight marketplace, has added more equipment types to its DAT 3sixty and TruckersEdge products.

Cognex Launches Update of Track & Trace App for Pharma

Cognex Corp. has developed a new version of In-Sight Track & Trace, the company's identification and data-verification software for healthcare product serialization.

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Flanders's Location Makes It a 'Natural Distribution Hub'

Benoit Reinards of Flanders Investment and Trade explains why global retailers like Nike have made Flanders their hub for distribution throughout Europe and beyond.

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