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Shipping Industry Isn’t Ready for Looming Low-Sulphur Fuel Requirement

The “IMO Scramble” isn’t the name of a new breakfast dish at a fast-food restaurant. It describes the plight of ocean carriers, who find themselves woefully unprepared for a new mandate on switching to cleaner-burning fuel.

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Millennials Rekindle Demand for Plants, an Industry Ripe for Disruption

American millennials have been accused of dooming all sorts of things: beer, golf, cereal. But the cohort is credited with reviving the once-moribund market for houseplants.

House plants hang in a window. Photo: Shutterstock.

Safety Advocates Warn Against Trump's LNG `Bomb Train'

President Trump wants to allow natural gas to be shipped in railroad cars, a move that would open new markets hungry for the fuel but could risk catastrophic accidents if one were to derail.

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Iceland Builds Arctic Port as Global Shipping Routes Get Redrawn

As global warming creates shipping routes that can cut across the northern tip of the planet, a new port is being built on the fringe of the Arctic circle.

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Africa's Amazon Is Growing Fast as Online Retail Takes Off

Often tagged as Africa’s Amazon.com, Jumia Technologies has been able to grow in markets largely untapped by the U.S. heavyweight, which is hampered by a lack of distribution infrastructure on the continent.

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These Asian Chocolatiers Are Spicing Up the Global Sweets Scene

A rising crop of artisanal chocolate makers are daring to try — and succeeding — in the unlikeliest of places.

A plantation worker turns drying cacao beans in the sun. Photo: Shutterstock.

Gen Z: The Kids Corporate America Just Can't Afford to Ignore

This is the year Gen Z takes over, and fusty companies that want to sell them stuff have to crack the kids’ code.

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Norway Is Walking Away From Billions of Barrels of Oil

Western Europe’s biggest petroleum producer is falling out of love with oil.

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Accurate Classifications Eliminate Demurrage Costs for Furniture Importer

Challenge: A U.S. furniture importer with over 100 shipments per month from China experienced costly demurrage and delays due to untimely entry filings. Lengthy and complex invoices made it difficult to determine whether the goods — which included bed parts and other furniture components — should be classified as individual parts, complete beds or other complete furniture items. These time-consuming entries resulted in late filings, and the delays put the company at risk for chargebacks from big-box retailers.

Mexico Border Wait Times Spike as Trump Threats Slow Traffic

The southern border isn’t closed, but it’s already a mess for trucks hauling goods from Mexico to the U.S., snarling traffic at some of the busiest frontier crossings in the world.

Source: Bloomberg

Boeing Cuts 737 Jet Output 19 Percent as Global Groundings Drain Cash

Boeing Co. is cutting production of its 737 jetliner for the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks as the planemaker works to limit financial damage from the global grounding of its newest and best-selling aircraft model.

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Predict Transportation Costs Using Transfix’s Instant Pricing Tool

Challenge: A shipper’s procurement team, responsible for moving tens of thousands of truckloads per day, was manually aggregating carrier bids — a costly, time-intensive process. The shipper needed a solution that could handle its high volume and manage relationships with several hundred carriers.

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