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Trends in Transportation, 2015

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Li Tong Teams With Microsoft on Trade-In Platform in Hong Kong

Li Tong Group is partnering with Microsoft Hong Kong to offer consumers a means of trading in mobile phones, laptops, game consoles and tablets for coupons that can be applied toward purchases of all products available at Microsoft's online store.

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EPA, DOT Propose Measures to Reduce Truck Bus Pollution

New "clean truck" standards have been proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to improve fuel economy and reduce pollution from the nation's freight trucks and buses.

CEVA Logistics Launches LCL Service From Antwerp; TireCity in Italy

CEVA Logistics has launched a guaranteed weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Antwerp, Belgium to New York.

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Amazon May Be Counting on You to Deliver Its Packages

In its ceaseless quest to speed delivery, Amazon.com Inc. wants to turn the U.S. into a nation of couriers.

Could Panama Canal Expansion Shift 10 Percent of Asian Container Volume From West Coast to East Coast?

Following the Panama Canal expansion in 2016, up to 10 percent of container traffic to the U.S. from East Asia could shift from West Coast ports to East Coast ports by 2020, according to research conducted by the Boston Consulting Group and C.H. Robinson. Rerouting that volume is equivalent to building a port roughly double the size of the ports in Savannah and Charleston.

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TNT Rolls Out Electric Express Delivery Vehicles in Amsterdam, Rotterdam

TNT is deploying seven 3.5-tonne electric express delivery vehicles for its operations in and around Amsterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as a partner of Freight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe, an urban e-mobility project supported by the European Commission. FREVUE seeks to demonstrate to industry, consumers and policy makers how electric vehicles can meet the growing need for sustainable urban logistics.

Van, Refrigerated Truck Rates Hold Firm in U.S.

U.S. average rates on the spot truckload market remained elevated during the week ending June 13, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. Rates in all three equipment categories held firm on the heels of big increases during the first week of June.

Money Sought to Train Truck Drivers in UK

Whilst welcoming the positive news of rising employment in the United Kingdom, the chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, Richard Burnett, has warned that a chronic skills shortage continues to affect the UK road haulage industry.

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Upended Business Model Brings New Opportunities to Industrial Distributors, Study Finds

Industrial distributors are facing changing market conditions that are challenging their long-standing business models, according to a study conducted by research firm TNS on behalf of UPS.

Late to the Party: Healthcare Giants Embrace RFID, With Immediate Results

BJC HealthCare joins with Cardinal Health and Cook Medical in a three-way pilot to apply RFID tags to items at the supplier stage. Will their success goad a technologically backward industry to follow suit, and eliminate billions of dollars of waste from the supply chain?

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Analysis of Metropolitan Goods Trade Reveals Need to Prioritize Freight, Transportation Infrastructure Investment

A small collection of metropolitan markets produce, consume and distribute the vast majority of all U.S. goods, a concentration that puts enormous pressure on specific infrastructure, and demonstrates how problems in one market can spread across the entire country.

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

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