Logistics Services
Logistics Services features news, trends and best practices in Freight Forwarding, Truck/Air/Marine/Rail/Intermodal, Transport Management, Security/Regulatory Compliance, Reverse Logistics, Network Planning and Management, and Visibility.
CN Plans $100-million Logistics Park in CalgaryCanadian National Railway (CN) plans to establish a new $100-million CN Calgary Logistics Park. The 680-acre park will include an intermodal terminal with room for customers to co-locate with CN and custom build their facility in place... Toll Group Acquires Summit LogisticsAustralian-based Toll Group has acquired Summit Logistics International, a U.S.-based independent freight forwarding and supply chain business. The acquisition will allow Toll Group to offer a more extensive domestic deliver-to-customer capability, from China to all major city destinations in the U.S... American Airlines Expands Frequent Cargo ProgramAmerican Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) has redesigned its Business ExtrAA program, which allows nearly all cargo customers to earn travel awards for booking cargo shipments. For every shipment on American Airlines, eligible AA Cargo customers can earn points that can be redeemed for travel-related awards... Railroads to Receive $8 Billion in Federal GrantsThe Obama Administration plans to award $8 billion in federal grants to 31 states for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects... FedEx Launches International DirectDistributionNew service from FedEx optimizes supply chain efficiencies by consolidating multiple packages or freight into one shipment... Dow and Menlo Open New DC in MichiganThe Dow Chemical Company and Menlo Worldwide Logistics have opened a new 134,000-square-foot warehousing and distribution operation in Bay City, Mich. The facility will provide strategic warehousing and distribution services for Dow Wolff Cellulosics products. Dow and Menlo also designed a new transportation management program for inbound and outbound freight shipments... Logistics Rises to the Occasion in HaitiHow would you react if your local airport wasn’t just closed down for a day due to inclement weather, but indefinitely? How would you deal with inbound and outbound logistics if the one major seaport in your supply chain was utterly destroyed? How would you cope with a catastrophe that took the lives of more than 100,000 people... |
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