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ProShip Inc. Partners With Manhattan Associates

ProShip, Inc. has announced a partnership with Manhattan Associates, Inc.

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TQL Opens First New England Sales Office in Boston

Total Quality Logistics is opening a new sales office in Boston, Mass.

TNT Expands International Express Service in Spain

TNT has expanded the coverage area of its international express delivery service in Spain, with the offering of next-day delivery to and from an additional 1,300 postal codes.

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Iran Re-Integrates Into Global Airfreight Forwarding

In another sign that Iran may soon play a larger role in world airfreight as it re-emerges from U.N. sanctions, the WACO network of independent freight management companies has added Iran-based Amadrah International Freight Forwarding to its roster.

Another Two Years of Bad News for Dry Bulk Shipping Industry?

The dry bulk shipping industry may not emerge from a protracted downturn for another two years and some smaller firms will be squeezed out, the chairman of France's Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.

Rickmers-Linie Acquires Project Business of Nordana

Rickmers-Linie, a liner service specializing in breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargoes, has taken over the activities of tramp and chartering services provider Nordana Project and Chartering, with offices in Copenhagen, Bangkok, Singapore and Houston.

XPO Logistics Unveils Fleet of LNG Trucks in France

XPO Logistics Inc. has inaugurated a new pallet-distribution hub at Bondoufle, France.

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How to Reduce LTL Freight Costs and Improve Service

Challenge: Dock scheduling, warehouse management, visibility and reporting. Client warehouse and co-packing facilities created disruptions thus increasing costs. Shipment release, scheduling conflicts and regular missed pickups. Lack of ability to manage LTL carrier contracts, manual carrier rates and service metric ranking.

Refrigerated Goods Carrier Uses RFID to Stop Loading Errors

Trailiner, a U.S refrigerated goods carrier, recently announced that it is employing radio frequency identification to prevent loading and transportation errors, while saving the cost of manning its yard gate 24 hours a day.

CaroTrans Partners With LEO Global Logistics Group in Thailand

CaroTrans International, Inc., a global non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has entered into a partnership with LEO Global Logistics Group in Thailand.

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Kerry Logistics Wraps Up Acquisition of Apex Maritime

Kerry Logistics Network Ltd., a logistics services provider operating in Asia, has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Apex Maritime, a non-vessel operating common carrier based in South San Francisco, Calif.

Contract Rates in East-West Trades Continue to Tumble

Ocean freight rates for cargo moving under contracts on the major East-West trade routes fell by another 18 percent between February and May, according to Drewry's Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of multinational retailers and manufacturers who closely monitor their contract freight rates.

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