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Container Fleet Growth in 2012 Smaller But Less Erratic Than Seen in Recent Years

Drewry Maritime Research's latest Container Census reports that the world's container fleet grew by 5.3 percent during 2012, adding 1.6 million TEU to reach 32.9 million TEU. This increase was smaller than for either of the preceding two years, but less erratic than 2011 or 2010.

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'New Normal' for Supply Chain Industry is Slow Growth, State of Logistics Report Finds

Total U.S. business logistics costs in 2012 rose to $1.33tr, up 3.4 percent from the year before, but remaining at 8.5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to the 24th annual State of Logistics Report released by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and presented by Penske Logistics.

CaroTrans Selects Agent in Philippines for Trans-Pacific Service

CaroTrans, an international non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has entered into an agency agreement with Multifreight Consolidator System Inc. (MFCSI), an NVO in the Philippines market.

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AGS Expands Tradeshow and Special Events Service

Associated Global Systems (AGS) has enhanced its Tradeshow and Special Events Service.

Crowley Inaugurates Weekly LCL Service Between Puerto Rico, Central America

The Caribbean logistics group of Crowley Maritime Corp. is now offering regularly scheduled, weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service between San Juan, Puerto Rico and select countries within Central America.

Online Training Tool Debuts to Help Improve Container Packing Standards

Higher levels of training to maintain and improve the expertise of those employed by shippers, consolidators, warehouses and depots to pack containers is now a primary objective of a number of current industry initiatives.

ARINC Unveils Cargo-Management Tool for Smaller Forwarders

ARINC Inc. has introduced e-Forwarder, a service that provides cargo-operations management for small to mid-sized freight forwarders.

Marks & Spencer to Construct $311m Facility at DP World London

British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has signed an agreement with DP World London Gateway to build a major distribution centre at the new deep-sea container port and logistics park in South Essex at an estimated cost of $311m.

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Retailers Continue Cautious Stance on Merchandise Imports, Study Finds

Import volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.1 percent in June over the same month last year, reflecting modest growth expectations as retailers head toward the back-to-school and holiday seasons, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

What Innovation Will Allow Ocean Container Shipping Lines to Lower Rates?

Over the course of the history of maritime transportation, the free market has consistently urged service providers to reduce the cost of transporting freight.

Who Cares About Conditions in Overseas Factories?

On March 25, 1911, fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. One hundred and forty-six garment workers perished in the blaze, many of them trapped in the building because management had locked the exit doors. The youngest of the victims were 14. It was a horrifying tragedy, not atypical of working conditions during the so-called Progressive Era. Can we not, however, take comfort in knowing that those times are far behind us?

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