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September Class 8 Orders Modest, Classes 5-7 Orders Up 18 Percent Year Over Year

September is typically the second-weakest order month of the year for Class 8, so modest activity was expected. Class 8 net orders were 19,018 units. Meanwhile, the medium duty market was able to mostly offset a sharp pullback in bus orders to net 16,745 units in orders. This updated status of the North America commercial vehicle market was included in the State of the Industry report, recently released by ACT Research Co. (ACT). The report covers Classes 5 through 8 vehicles for the North American market.

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Landstar Puts Automotive Supply Chain on Fast Track

Challenge: A Tier 1 automotive supplier was looking to improve cost, visibility and productivity within their ground expedite network.

FedEx Express Introduces Quick Form Service in Asia-Pacific

FedEx Express has introduced FedEx Quick Form in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Choice Logistics Partners With Japanese Logistics Provider

Choice Logistics has enhanced its presence in Japan, through a new partnership with a Japanese logistics provider that focuses on time-critical delivery.

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C.H. Robinson Joins CargoNet in Anti-Cargo Theft Effort

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has joined CargoNet, the cargo-theft prevention and recovery network.

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Warehouse Automation Has Had Its Ups and Downs

Automation appears on its face to be a sound strategic move for a distribution center. But turn the clock back a few years, and vast expensive warehouse automation projects were notorious for proving in practice to be inflexible gridlocks, a bottleneck in the flow of goods heading from factories to customers.

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Freight Train Zooms Between China and Poland

The Far East Land Bridge cargo cooperation, whose members aim to revolutionize rail connectivity along the Trans-Siberian route, has witnessed the first container freight train travel from Suzhou, China, to Warsaw, Poland. The 14-day transit resulted from a project among the government of the City of Suzhou in the Jiangsu Province, PKP Cargo (the Polish state railway) and RZD Logistics (part of Russia's rail behemoth).

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The Current State of Routing

Executives want to know that their organization isn't wasting time or money. For logistics organizations, that means trucks should only be doing what is necessary to support the business, and nothing else, to ensure that time and money are invested only in value adding activities.

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Climate-Controlled Pharmaceutical Center Unveiled at Heathrow

IAG Cargo has opened a new pharmaceutical center at Heathrow airport, as part of the expansion of its temperature-controlled services.

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Amazon's On-site Presence in Clients' Warehouses Reportedly Upsets Some Retailers

Recently, its rivals were reportedly upset after details of Amazon's warehouse arrangement with Procter & Gamble and other major suppliers were revealed.

American Airlines Cargo Expands Service in Orlando

American Airlines Cargo has begun offering full cargo service to and from Orlando, Fla.

K&N Opens First Distribution Center in Singapore

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new control center for integrated logistics in Singapore, as it looks to strengthen its regional market position.

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