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Cost of Ground Transportation Inches Up in Canada

Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased by 1.1 percent in September when compared with August results.

RCMP Busts Canadian Suspected of Passing Shipbuilding Procurement Practices to China

Canadian police have arrested a Toronto man suspected of seeking to give China classified information about Canadian shipbuilding procurement policies, security officials said on Sunday.

U-Freight Inks Partnership Pact With China Air Express Co. Ltd.

The U-Freight Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with China Air Express Co. Ltd.

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DHL First Firm to Occupy Manchester's Airport City

The Â£800m Airport City scheme delivered a major boost as logistics firm DHL was unveiled as the first firm to be based there. The company will house 150 staff at a purpose-built site set to form part of a World Logistics Hub at the development.

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Skechers Upgrades European Distribution Center, Prepares for Future Expansion

Skechers USA Inc., a global footwear company based in the United States, says a major investment and technology upgrade to its European distribution centre in Milmort, Belgium, will improve performance and prepare the facility for future expansion plans.

Maersk Looks to LNG as New Energy Source

LNG could become the future fuel for Maersk Line. The group is currently negotiating the possibility of using the liquid natural gas with Russian energy giant Gazprom.

How to Do Home Delivery Well - and Make Money?

Despite all of the news about Amazon's latest forays into home delivery, that service market really is not a new story at all. The real point is to do it well"” and do it profitably.

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Accellos Acquires Software Provider for Home Goods Retailer

Accellos Inc. has acquired PROFITsystems, a provider of hosted software for small and medium-sized home-goods retailers.

DataLogic Adds Wireless Imager to Family of Products

Datalogic ADC, a vendor of automatic data capture and imaging technologies, has added the PowerScan PBT9500 imager to its PowerScan 9500 family of products.

Orders for Trailers See Impressive Spurt in October

The fall order season for trailers kicked off with an impressive 43 percent month over month net order gain. Total net orders were 24,900 units. The year-over-year comparison was less robust, but still a solid 6-percent increase. This information was included in the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co.

Online Tracking and Supply Chain Challenges

The procurement and fulfillment networks of global trading companies are becoming increasingly complex. Today it's not just multinational corporations who manage global supply chains - there are hardly any medium-sized businesses left, which don't have customers or suppliers in Asia, the U.S. and Latin America.

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Middle East to Require 100,000 Pilots, Technicians Over Next 20 Years, Boeing Says

Boeing projects that airlines in the Middle East will need nearly 100,000 new pilots and technicians to support the expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades.

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