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Forwarding Group to Modify Asian Logistics Methods

Global forwarding group DB Schenker says it has taken a fresh look at the modes of transport usually chosen for moving freight around Asia and switched to a more efficient multimodal option which it has christened the "Asia Landbridge."

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Retail Imports Expected to Drop in Typically Slow February

Import volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to drop 8.4 percent in February from the same time last year as the shipping cycle reaches its slowest month of the year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Third-Party Logistics: Governance and Collaboration in the 3PL-Shipper Relationship

In the wake of the Great Recession and the still lethargic economic recovery, the importance of sound governance practices across the supply chain is more crucial than ever in building and maintaining effective, collaborative 3PL-shipper relationships. Positive news in the authoritative 18th Annual 2014 Third-Party Logistics Study: collaboration between shippers & 3PLs is up. The majority surveyed say their relationships have grown more collaborative over the past three years, "with shippers even more likely than 3PLs to say they are much more collaborative." - Kate Vitasek, faculty, University of Tennessee's Center for Executive Education and Founder, Supply Chain Visions

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Recovering Shipping Industry Sails Back from the Brink

The shipping industry is poised to emerge from its longest downturn in three decades, buoyed by an end to years of overcapacity that have depressed freight rates since the end of a shipping boom in 2008.

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Fourth Quarter Strong in Every Segment, Driving Overall Intermodal Growth of 4.6 Percent in 2013

Cementing its role in the North American supply chain, the value of intermodal transport speaks for itself with another year of solid growth. Building on the industry's positive 2012 performance, total shipments improved 4.6 percent in 2013, according to the Intermodal Association of North America's (IANA) fourth quarter and year-end Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics. Domestic container volume "” which doubled over the past 10 years "” outperformed other markets in 2013, capping the year with a 9.4 percent bump, which was consistent with Q4 growth of this segment at 9.0 percent.

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Providers of Supply Chain Services Know Value of Innovation

Analyst Insight: Service providers are blending services across consulting, technology and outsourcing to deliver ongoing operational capabilities to supply chain organizations. Bundling multiple services for a client is not unusual or new. For at least the past five years, providers with multiple service lines have been presenting bundled services to clients. - Michael Dominy, Research Director, Gartner

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As Cuba's Port of Mariel Becomes Major Hub, Will U.S. Miss Out on Trade Opportunities?

I was privileged to accompany the 2001 U.S. Logistics Leaders delegation to Cuba, and ended up being the expedition's recording secretary. The trip diary outlined our activities and contacts, and plunged into observations about supply chain and logistics conditions in the island nation, an inescapable force in the Caribbean Basin, a significant presence among islands it dwarfed, and with a population of some thirteen million. The trip record was published in The Journal of Business Logistics later that year.

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Notes From the Oracle Value Chain Summit

Some random themes and thoughts to emerge from Oracle Corp.'s Value Chain Summit in San Jose, Calif. last week:

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Lufthansa Continues Growth Plan Throughout Challenges

The airfreight market may be on the up again, but this is not a time to be operating freighters out of Europe - unless, perhaps, you are Lufthansa Cargo.

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Will Natural Gas Become the Main Fuel Powering Transportation?

Natural gas has started to challenge oil as the dominant transport fuel with companies building gas-powered ships and installing networks of service stations on water and land.

C.H. Robinson Opens Office in Innsbruck, Austria

C.H. Robinson has opened an office in Innsbruck, Austria

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Unisource Worldwide, xpedx Reach Merger Agreement

Unisource Worldwide Inc. and xpedx have agreed to merge, forming a new publicly traded company.

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