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FourKites Enhances Control Center to Monitor Trucking

FourKites has developed updates to its ELD [Electronic Logging Device] Control Center, to improve communications between trucking companies and their broker and shipper customers.

SkyBitz Launches GPS Fleet-Management Division

SkyBitz, a provider of commercial telematics products, has launched SkyBitz Local Fleets.

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2015 Saw Record Number of Containers Vessels Lying Idle

The global idle containership fleet hit a record high in 2015 reaching nearly six times that of the start of that year.

With End of Holiday Shopping Season, Normal Level of U.S. Retail Imports Expected by April

With the holiday season over, import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to slowly decline through the first quarter of the year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Ocean Cargo Rates to Continue to Drop, Industry Losses to Mount in 2016, Report Says

Further widening of the supply-demand imbalance at the trade route level and insufficient measures to reduce ship capacity will lead to an acceleration of freight rate reductions and industry-wide losses in 2016, according to the latest Container Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Truck Sales See Robust Growth in December

For the month of December 2015, 49,700 Classes 5-8 vehicle orders were booked, up 40 percent month over month.

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Rates for Ocean Cargo Continued to Sink in Last Quarter 2015

Ocean freight rates for cargo moving under contracts on the major East-West trade routes saw another reduction in the last quarter of 2015, according to Drewry's Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of multinational retailers and manufacturers who closely monitor their contract freight rates.

Cargomatic Launches Service in S.F. Bay Area

Cargomatic has launched service in the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and beyond.

Serving Crowded Urban Centers Means Re-Creating Distribution Models

The Coca-Cola Co. bottler in Rio de Janeiro used to deliver crates of drinks in the city’s Copacabana area by truck until a parking ban forced the company to rethink its distribution strategy. The big cargo vehicles now arrive early in the morning, park at designated sites and transfer the goods to motorcycles that make the final delivery to customers.

PLS Logistics Expands With Office in San Antonio

PLS Logistics Services has opened a new branch office in San Antonio, Tex.

Sight Slippage in On-Time Performance Recorded Overall in November by Container Shipping Lines

Containership reliability was broadly unchanged in November as the average on-time performance across all trades slipped by just 0.8 percentage points against October to 77.2 percent, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Canadian Load Volumes Decline for the Second Consecutive Month

The TransCore Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index fell behind in November, following its traditional drop this time of year, with volumes declining eight percent compared to October. While year-over-year volumes also dropped 28 percent, this is compared to historic highs set throughout 2014.

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