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As Keystone XL Stalls in Congress, Rail is 'Pipeline' for North Dakota Oil Fields

On any given week, three to seven CP Rail trains laden with crude oil from the North Dakota Bakken field whisk across North America, bypassing the pipeline bottlenecks in mid-continent that are depressing oil prices and unaffected by the noise in Washington, D.C., that is holding back the Keystone XL pipeline.

Trade Group Pushes National Airline Policy, Starting with Elimination of Jet Fuel Tax

International Container Transport Managers Focus on Last Mile Visibility

Surface Trade Among NAFTA Nations Up Almost 12 Percent in 2011 Over the Year Before

Passenger Traffic Continues to Rise, But Air Cargo Remains in Doldrums

Europe's Recession Expected to Put Drag on Its Containerized Imports

Insight vs. Oversight Governance

Analyst Insight: Signing a contract and getting the business ramped up is just the beginning of an outsourcing deal. The real work is shaping the relationship and making the parties operate not only as a high-performance team, but also to allow the companies to embrace the dynamic nature of business and keep the parties aligned as "business happens." It's essential to have a flexible and cooperative governance framework. - Kate Vitasek, faculty of the University of Tennessee's Center for Executive Education, and founder, Supply Chain Visions

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Drewry Opens in Shanghai; Restructures Core Offerings

Outsourced Logistics: Lessons from the Best in Class

Analyst Insight: The pressure of increased supply chain complexity, a byproduct of more trading partners and global geographies, is the top factor driving best-in-class companies (cited by 59 percent) to further increase their outsourcing to logistics service providers as one key solution to managing increasing supply chain costs. This direction is compelling when performance considerations for the best-in-class companies (top 20 percent) compared to average (50 percent) and laggard (30 percent) are taken into consideration. - Bob Heaney, lead research analyst, supply chain execution, and Bryan Ball, supply chain management vice president and principal analyst, both of Aberdeen.

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The Pain and the Gain of Global Supply Chains

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Biofuel Powers KLM Flights Between Amsterdam and Paris

Tecsys Unveils Enhancements to Mobility, Supply-Chain Offering

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