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On-time Performance of Ocean Carriers Continues to Improve, Especially in Main East-West Lanes

Liner schedule reliability improved for the fourth consecutive month in May as the aggregate on-time performance for the three core East-West trades jumped by 4.0 percentage points to reach a new data-series high of 71.6 percent, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Analysis of Metropolitan Goods Trade Reveals Need to Prioritize Freight, Transportation Infrastructure Investment

A small collection of metropolitan markets produce, consume and distribute the vast majority of all U.S. goods, a concentration that puts enormous pressure on specific infrastructure, and demonstrates how problems in one market can spread across the entire country.

Aljex Software Unveils Module for Enhancing Carrier-Broker Interchange

Aljex Software has introduced Automated Rate Confirmation (ARC), a module designed to streamline the key elements of daily carrier-freight broker interchange, including rate confirmation and dispatch.

Is Uber Driving Toward Head of the Line in Logistics Business?

Uber's mission is to offer "transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere for everyone". And perhaps "everything": it has begun experimenting with local delivery services, with the aim of becoming as disruptive in logistics as it has been in the taxi business.

Echo Global Wraps Up Purchase of Command Transportation

Echo Global Logistics Inc. has completed its acquisition of Command Transportation LLC.

Foodservice Company Reduces Freight Spend By 10-15% with Manhattan's TMS

Challenge: Even though growth was on the fast track for one of the largest domestic foodservice providers, they were still hampered by supply chain visibility and accuracy challenges. Without visibility, they had no way of knowing how truckload orders were impacting their entire supply chain, leading to increased costs. The company was also facing substantial increases in commodity prices, fuel and the minimum wage - critical elements in the food and restaurant industries. Complicating those challenges were ongoing limited-time promotions, which require immediate responses to spikes in demand.

U.S. Imports Return to Normal Levels Following Ratification of Labor Contract

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports has returned to normal levels following ratification of a new West Coast labor agreement, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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U.S. Manufacturing Fuels Shipping on St. Lawrence Seaway

U.S. manufacturing is expected to keep ship traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway bustling this season after a strong start for general cargo shipments through the navigation system.

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Cargo Divisions of Lufthansa, ANA Expand Joint Service Between Europe, Japan

More and faster connections, more capacity, flexibility and time saving: these are the benefits available to European customers of Lufthansa Cargo and ANA Cargo as of Aug. 3. Both airlines are expanding their joint venture for freight consignments to routes from Europe to Japan.

TNT Launches Air Route Between Liège and Malta

TNT has launched an air route between its main European air hub in Liège, Belgium, and Malta.

L.A., Long Beach Struggle Against Ports That Can Handle Bigger Ships

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled 39 percent of U.S. container imports in 2002, but that figure fell to 32 percent by 2013, according to U.S. census data. They have lost business to competitors at a time when, overall, global trade is booming and imports are rising at all ports, including L.A. and Long Beach. And the ports are losing out to others that can handle larger vessels.

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Increase in Airfreight Volume Is Good News for Freight Forwarders

The Stifel Logistics Confidence Index released in May reports the airfreight index increased 2.5 points to 59.5 in May, 3.8 points higher than May 2014 and 10.6 points more than May 2013. This should be good news for air forwarders as they move through the year.

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