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DAT Solutions Launches Freight Market Analytics Service

DAT Solutions has launched an online analytics service for transportation and logistics professionals to access truck and load data on the 149 key market areas in North America with the highest concentrations of inbound and outbound freight. Through a Tableau web portal, customers access a set of trucking freight data visualizations. Users also have the option of importing data into their own systems.

Insurance Damage Caused by Tianjin Blasts Could Top $3Bn

New York reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Company has estimated that it could cost $3.3bn to cover the extent of losses associated with the Tianjin explosions.

CEVA Launches Weekly LCL Service From Singapore to New York

CEVA Logistics has launched a weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Singapore to New York.

Sweden Plans to Introduce Tonnage Tax in Summer of 2016

The Swedish government has proposed a tonnage tax system that means Swedish shipping companies will operate under competitive conditions similar to companies in other countries in Europe. The tonnage tax would be introduced in summer 2016.

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As Holidays Near, Retailers Struggle to Hire Warehouse Labor

Retailers are already planning for the busy holiday shopping season, and there could be a complication this year. As the unemployment rate drops, stores are having a hard time finding workers for their warehouses. They've ordered all kinds of new stuff for the holidays, but it's stuck in a bottleneck.

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Are Purchasers of Transportation Management Technology Really Using All of That IT?

Transportation management software providers have been in a race in the last few years to build out their software and capture more business. ERP players have also been building or buying TM. A profusion of new modules, emerging players, new niches and acquisitions are reaching a fevered pitch. And we are certainly not at the heights yet.

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Retail Imports Are on Rise as Holidays Approach

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.2 percent this month over the same time last year as retailers head toward the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Exports From U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Hits All-time High of $99Bn in 2014

The value of exports from America's foreign-trade zones (FTZs) increased by 24.8 percent in 2014, to a record $99.2bn in merchandise exported, according to figures released by the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board in its recent Annual Report to Congress. The 2014 export figure also represents a threefold growth of FTZ exports in the five years since 2009.

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XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire Con-way Inc.

XPO Logistics Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Con-way Inc., the Fortune 500 provider of less-than-truckload and full truckload transportation, contract logistics and truck brokerage.

Retailers Warned to Prepare for Delivery Expectations of 'Generation Z'

Retailers should be bracing themselves for heightened delivery expectations of so-called Generation Z, those individuals born after the late 1990s, whose media-saturated world has accustomed to them to instant access to things.

Europeans Experience High Level of Problems with Their Online Retail Orders, Study Says

European adults have experienced a high number of problems with online orders in the last 12 months, according to data from the JDA/Centiro Customer Pulse Report.

Vessels in or Near Tianjin Explosions May Be Contaminated With Hazardous Chemicals, Maritime Administration Warns

The United States Maritime Administration has issued Advisory 2015-02 concerning possible contamination by hazardous materials caused by the explosions that occurred last month at the Port of Tianjin, in China.

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