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Top European Airfreight Carriers Start 2016 Off Well, But Caution Urged

The big three Western European air carriers have all reported their January cargo results, and all three show improving performance.

Ocean Shipping Industry's Fortunes Rise - and Fall - on Business With China

Shipbuilders, container lines and port operators feasted on China's rise and the global resources boom. Now they're among the biggest victims of the country's slowdown and the worldwide decline in demand for oil rigs and other gear amid the oil price plunge.

Logistics Challenges Never Greater – Tools to Manage Costs Never Better

For many major B2B enterprises, logistics networks have never been more complex. The increasing prevalence of operations that are global - with growing numbers of production sites and clients that could be anywhere on earth - has introduced challenges that didn't exist to the same degree at an earlier time. The good news is that there has also never before been a moment when there were more tools and more opportunities to optimize logistics costs than now.

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Dacotrans Sweden Merges With GH Transport, Key Logistics

Dacotrans Sweden AB, the Swedish member of the FPS Group of independent freight forwarders and non-vessel operating common carriers, has merged with GH Transport AB and Key Logistics AB.

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Rockfarm Acquires Global Distribution & Logistics

Rockfarm Supply Chain Solutions has acquired a majority interest in Global Distribution & Logistics LLC.

U.S. Expected to See Retail Imports Grow 4.5 Percent in First Half of 2016

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to decline year-over-year for the next few months, but the first half of the year should still amount to a 4.5-percent increase compared with the same period last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Damco Unveils Service for E-Commerce Logistics in China

Damco has launched a one-stop management service for electronic-commerce logistics in China.

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Esker Releases Mobile App for Purchase Requisition

Esker, a vendor of software for automating document processes, has released Esker Anywhere.

PLS Logistics Services Opens Branch in Charlotte

PLS Logistics Services, a provider of supply-chain and freight-brokerage services, has opened a new branch office in Charlotte, N.C.

GS1 US Expands Advisory Services for Standards Implementation

GS1 US, an information-standards body, has expanded its Advisory Services offering.

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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Takes Over South African Venture

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), a global provider of roll-on/roll-off shipping and vehicle logistics services, has entered into an agreement with its partner company Groupe CAT to acquire the latter's 50-percent share in CAT-WWL, a joint venture of 10 vehicle-processing facilities based in South Africa.

ASL Aviation Agrees to Assume Control of TNT Express Flights

Ireland-based ASL Aviation Group has agreed to purchase airline operations currently owned by TNT Express and is expected to will continue to operate them on behalf of the merged FedEx-TNT entity.

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