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How Brokers and Shippers Can Work Together to Ensure Success

To freight brokerages and shippers alike, nothing is more important to success than good relationships.

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U.K. Delays Brexit Border Checks on EU Food as Shortages Hit

The U.K. delayed new post-Brexit border checks on food from the European Union to mitigate a supply chain crisis in a move that was immediately criticized as handing the bloc’s producers a competitive advantage.

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Canadian Pacific Wins Buyout War for K.C. Southern, Defeating CN

After months of twists and turns, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. sealed a $27 billion deal to acquire Kansas City Southern, claiming a prize that will create the first railroad spanning the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

A Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.

Storms From Texas to China Set to Worsen Global Ship Snarls

Global supply chains already tangled by the pandemic, labor shortages and sustained consumer demand in the U.S. are getting walloped by Mother Nature.

Photo: Bloomberg

Slync.io Introduces Booking and Allocation Management Solution

Slync.io, a logistics technology provider, today unveiled its Booking and Allocation Management solution for logistics service providers (LSPs).

The World’s Carriers Are Earning the Most Money Since 2008

The global shipping industry is getting its biggest payday since 2008 as the combination of booming demand for goods and a global supply chain that’s collapsing under the weight of COVID-19 drives freight prices ever higher.

A dockworker monitors a shipping container being loaded onto a freight train at Behala inland port in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Bloomberg.

Shanghai Halts Some Port Operations and Flights on Typhoon

Shanghai has halted some container port operations and will cancel most flights Monday and Tuesday as Typhoon Chanthu approaches the city, which is China’s financial capital and a major shipping hub.

Photo: Bloomberg

Helicopter Service Blade Doubles Down on Transporting Organs

Blade Air Mobility Inc., best known for flying Manhattan’s elite to locations including the Hamptons, Nantucket and South Florida, is doubling down on the business of transporting human organs.

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Amazon’s Answer to Delivery Driver Shortage: Recruit Pot Smokers

The company is advising its delivery partners to prominently advertise that they don’t screen applicants for marijuana use.

Photo: Bloomberg

Johnson’s Brexit First Strategy Collides With Empty Shop Shelves

Boris Johnson’s reluctance to turn to the European Union to ease a supply chain crisis that has seen shelves in supermarkets run empty has highlighted his government’s priority: Brexit first.

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Watch: Will Biden’s Infrastructure Cure the Woes of Shippers and Carriers?

Simon Geale, executive vice president of procurement with Proxima, weighs the prospects for transportation infrastructure development under the initiative spurred by the Biden Administration and Congress.

Will Biden’s Infrastructure Cure the Woes of Shippers and Carriers?

First GEODIS Aircraft Is Taking Off

GEODIS, a transportation and logistics service provider, upgrades its AirDirect services between Europe, the United States and Asia with its own leased A330-300 full freighter aircraft.

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