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Best Practices in Use of Railcar Fulfillment Systems

Nearly everything in our lives is impacted by rail, from food products to chemicals and energy. Total U.S. weekly rail freight traffic for one week in January 2015 was 548,055 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.1 percent compared with the same week last year, as reported by the Association of American Railroads.

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Arena Solutions Teams With GoodData to Form Arena Analytics

Arena Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based software for product lifecycle management (PLM), has partnered with GoodData to create Arena Analytics.

Port of Oakland Plans Terminal Operations on Saturdays

The Port of Oakland, in an effort to relieve weekday congestion, will initiate Saturday gate operations at four of its container terminals.

Are Retailers Figuring Out Logistics of E-commerce

The largest U.S. retailers reported strong online sales in their second-quarter earnings reports recently, extending a trend that has seen e-commerce revenue expand far faster than store sales, and several said they are making strides in delivering goods to consumers more profitably.

Cargomatic Launches Service in New York Metro Market

Cargomatic, provider of a technology platform that gives shippers access to available truck capacity, has launched in the New York City metropolitan market.

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Beacon Funding Debuts Leasing Calculator App for iPhone

Beacon Funding Corp. has introduced an Equipment Leasing Calculator app for the iPhone.

Container Port Growth Prompts Terminal Operators to Invest in Additional Capacity

Rising global container port demand and ever larger vessels are driving terminal operators to make significant investments in additional capacity, according to the Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Report 2015 published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

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Tradeshift Acquires Product Info-Management Firm Merchantry

Tradeshift, vendor of a software platform for supplier collaboration, has acquired Merchantry, a cloud-based provider of product information-management (PIM) services.

Kuehne & Nagel Wraps Up Acquisition of ReTrans

The Kuehne & Nagel Group has completed its acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of ReTrans Inc., a U.S.-based provider of multimodal transportation services.

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Why Hands-Free Phones Aren't the Answer to Driver Safety

All those nifty new communications devices installed in modern-day vehicles promise to make commercial trucking more efficient than ever before. And more dangerous, too.

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On-time Performance of Container Lines Drops in Three East-West Trades

Breaking a run of six consecutive months of improvement, container service reliability across the three main East-West trades declined in July, falling by 4.0 percentage points from June to 73.3 percent, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Port Logistics Group Opens Operations in Savannah

Port Logistics Group, a provider of gateway logistics services, has opened operations in Savannah, Ga.

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