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Telogis Launches Enhanced Route Planning Suite

Telogis Inc. has developed the Telogis Route Planning Suite. The tool is an extension of the company's location-intelligence platform, delivered in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.

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Static Pricing Models Are Out of Synch with Today's Transportation Market

I don't know anyone who would argue with the assertion that supply chain operations must be highly dynamic and adaptable in order to succeed in today's fast-changing markets. Why is it, then, that pricing of transportation and other supply chain services remains a largely static process, based on annual bids and static routing guides that can never do more than reflect a single snapshot in time of a company's freight volumes and flows?

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PeopleNet Integrates With Apps From TMW, McLeod Software

PeopleNet has announced the integration of its fleet-mobility products with two software vendors.

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Pickens-Backed Company Sets Out to Prove Natural Gas Really Can Succeed as Transportation Fuel

Farmers, waste management companies and the energy industries have long experimented with converting methane, a byproduct of decomposing organic matter, into transportation fuel. Those efforts have met with mixed success, and a renewable natural gas fuel has not been widely available in the United States. But now, one leading supplier of natural gas transport fuel is taking a big step toward changing that.

Carrier Transicold Develops New Container-Atmosphere Technology

Carrier Transicold has developed a new container atmosphere-control system, dubbed XtendFRESH.

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SaaS-based Commercial Fleet Telematics Units to See Highly Robust Growth Through 2018, Report Finds

ABI Research forecasts that the total number of software-as-a-service or SaaS-based subscriber units will increase from 1.06 million at the end of 2012 to 16.8 million on a global basis by the end of 2018.

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Emerging Logistics Markets Tapped by Study

More than 80 percent of the world's population resides in what is known as "emerging markets". This group of countries represents a diverse collection of economies from China to Peru and Ethiopia to Kazakhstan.

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United Arab Emirates Sees First Trial Run of Freight Train

Freight trains ran for the first time in the UAE on September 22, according to John Lesniewski, Etihad Rail's commercial director.

Canadian Shippers See Total Cost of Ground Transportation Drop Slightly Between June and July

Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the four-month moving average total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers decreased by 0.85 percent in July when compared with June results.

History Made as Vessel Becomes First Bulk Carrier to Transit Northwest Passage from Canada to Finland

For the first time ever, a bulk carrier is using the Northwest Passage as a transit trade lane, when transporting coal from Vancouver in Canada to Finland. The historic transit is shorter than traditional shipping routes and will not only save time, fuel and CO2, but also increase the load of cargo with 25 percent compared to the Panama Canal. Nordic Bulk Carriers A/S, the Danish pioneer, is once again behind the new business adventure.

Freight Experiences Late-season Growth Spurt, North American Index Finds

Spot market freight volumes reported by the DAT North American Freight Index rose 0.4 percent in August compared to July. Freight typically peaks on the spot market in June, but this year the robust volumes continued through the entire summer.

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There's Been a Shift in Sourcing & Manufacturing Strategies

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