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Emirates SkyCargo, Amerijet, DHL, IATA Headline This Week's News in Airfreight

The freighter division of Emirates boosts its total cargo capacity and dedicated freighter network with the addition of three new Boeing 777F aircraft. The additions take SkyCargo's freighter fleet to 10 aircraft and its dedicated freighter network to 12 destinations. A fourth Boeing 777F freighter will join the fleet in March.

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The NEW Demand-Driven Operations: The Only Operations Strategy for Success in Multichannel

CaroTrans Adds Direct LCL Export Service From San Francisco to Japan

CaroTrans International, a global non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has added a direct, weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) export service from San Francisco to Japan.

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Used Vehicles, Trailer Sales Two Bright Spots in Truck Industry Transactions Last Year

The wholesale used market was the only segment to grow from 2011 to 2012, up 3 percent. The auction and retail markets both fell 11 percent. The update on the used market was reported in the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research.

BNSF Logistics Acquires Texas Logistics Provider for Project Cargoes

BNSF Logistics LLC has acquired EP-Team, Inc., a privately held provider of logistics services for project cargoes.

GlaxoSmithKline Goes to Once-a-Month Vendor Payment System

The Forum for Private Business, a British small business lobbying group, recently sought to publicly shame GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) after the drugmaker told suppliers it would pay invoices only once a month, rather than on a rolling basis as they come due.

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Study Suggests Shorter, Intra-Regional Routes Develop as Near-Shoring Becomes More Attractive

Shorter supply chains resulting from near-shoring could have an impact on future airfreight volumes, if new research from logistics provider BDP International proves to be an accurate indicator.

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Mobilizing Transportation Managers to Find the Right Answers Whenever, Wherever

Transportation managers are expected to respond to inquiries regardless of where they are or what they are doing when the question is asked. In order to respond to this flow of questions, managers must be able to access detailed shipment information that traditionally have not been available through mobile technology. This, in turn, requires systems developers to design and implement mobile information platforms that can be easily accessed from the road.

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Reducing Supply Chain Barriers Might Boost Global GDP Six Times More Than Ending Import Tariffs, Report Finds

Reducing supply chain barriers could increase global GDP and world trade much more than reducing all import tariffs, according to a new report released by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Bain & Company and the World Bank.

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Global Truck Fleet Management System Revenues Could Surpass $27Bn in 2018

"The commercial telematics industry continues to see strong growth with fleet management system vendors increasing their installed base of vehicles under management. While until recently reaching the milestone of 100,000 subscriptions was exceptional, more than 20 vendors have now exceeded this number with Masternaut, TrafficMaster, Telogis and TomTom even having passed the 200,000 mark and Fleetmatics, Trimble and Qualcomm the 300,000 mark," says ABI Research vice president and practice director Dominique Bonte.

Air Cargo Rates Dipped at Year's End in 2012, but Chinese New Year Could Bring Slight Improvement

Airfreight rates slipped in December as the trade returned to business-as-usual following the volume boost of earlier new technology product launches, according to Drewry's new monthly report Sea + Air Shipper Insight.

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