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PLS Logistics Expands With Office in San Antonio

PLS Logistics Services has opened a new branch office in San Antonio, Tex.

Railroads Might Carry Good Investment Opportunities

As an asset class, railways have a worrying history. Railway mania in Britain in the 1840s left plenty of unwary investors nursing hefty losses; that episode sits in most lists of history's biggest speculative bubbles. But the prices of shares and bonds are dauntingly high, which has stoked interest in all manner of outlandish "alternative" assets in recent years. That, along with legal changes making it easier to repossess collateral that goes clickety-clack, may soon have investors funnelling cash into locomotives, carriages and goods wagons again.

"K" Line Sets Up Shipping and Logistics Unit in Dubai

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has established a new operation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Mallory Alexander Obtains Class A License in China

Mallory Alexander International Logistics has been granted a Class A forwarder's license by the government of China, for operations based in Shanghai.

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Globe Tracker, TransVoyant Partner on Big Data Analytics

Globe Tracker International has formed a strategic partnership with TransVoyant LLC to support "big data" analytics for the intermodal industry.

Nixing of Keystone Pipeline Could Be Boon for Railroad Transport

President Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline could come with a heavy side of tank cars. Canadian energy companies need about a dozen crude-laden trains each day to replace the volume of oil that could have been transported through KXL.

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CaroTrans Expands China-U.S. LCL Import Network

CaroTrans, a non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has launched 11 new, direct less-than-containerload (LCL) import services between China and the U.S.

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Odyssey Logistics Debuts Service for Metals Industry

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. has launched an international logistics service for the metals industry.

Will Mexico's Growing Ports Pose a Threat to U.S. Gateways?

Mexico is competing with the U.S. for manufacturing work coming back to the western hemisphere from China and other parts of Asia. Will it pose the same challenge for U.S. ports?

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Marisol Opens Seattle Office; Roadrunner Expands in Canada

Marisol International LLC, a provider of international freight forwarding, non-vessel operating common carrier and customs brokerage services, is opening a new office in Seattle, in conjunction with the newly formed Northwest Seaport Alliance.

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CEVA Augments Container Freight Station Network

CEVA Logistics has nearly doubled its network of owned container freight stations, from 26 to 48 locations, replacing a number of outsourced operations.

For Many, Silk (Rail) Road Is Attractive Alternative to Airfreight

Today, the Silk Road is just as active a trade route as it was 700 years ago, but there's a certain "back to the future" feel to the most recent projects linking Europe and China. The mode of choice being talked about now is not ocean or air cargo but rail freight.

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