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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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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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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.

Damco CEO Discusses Company's Approach to North American Logistics Market

The number one imperative for North American shippers continues to be cost reduction and cost containment, which means that logistics providers must analyze and scrutinize operations more diligently than ever in order to find such opportunities, says Jeremy Haycock, president of Damco North America.

Pole Star Unveils Cloud-Based Indoor Positioning Platform

Pole Star, a provider of indoor location technology, has released NAO Cloud.

Dassault Systemes Issues New Tool for High-Tech Product Design

Dassault Systemes, a provider of product design and lifecycle-management applications, has launched HT body.

There's a Lot of Talk About 'Demand Driven' - Much of It Nonsense

The term demand driven has become vogue again, but what does it really mean? And, should it be taken one step further to orchestrate bidirectionally market-to-market in market-driven value networks? Or will companies stumble on the path by mistakenly implementing supply-centric processes and calling them demand-driven initiatives?

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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