Freight Demand Keeps Pressure on Truck Pricing, FTR Says | Journa…
Research firm FTR Associates sees tightening truck capacity and rising truck pricing ahead this year for North American shippers as freightdemand outstrips GDP. “This will continue to keep transport capacity tight throughout the forecast period, resulting in ongoing upward rate
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XPO Logistics Plans Public Stock Offering | Journal of Commerce
XPO Logistics, a third-party logistics company with plans to expand by acquisition, will sell 6 million shares of common stock in a public offering. The Buchanan, Mich.-based company said it intends to use the proceeds of the stock offering for “general corporate purposes,” including
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Trans-Pacific Air Cargo Rates Rise on Increased Demand | Journal …
Trans-Pacific air cargo demand is surging, driven by the launch of new high-tech products such as Apple’s iPad 3. Paul Tsui, chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics, said shipments of the latest iPad, which was launched in San Francisco on Wednesday, started
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Welcome to SupplyChainBrain: Inttra Debuts Multi-Party Electronic…
Inttra, provider of an independent platform for booking and managing ocean freight, has created what it says is the industry s first standardized electronic bill of lading.
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Indonesia Poised for Major Logistics Growth | Journal of Commerce
Indonesia will see rapid growth in logistics demand this year but needs huge investment in transport infrastructure to realize its true potential, according to one leading analyst.
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Truckload Capacity Drops 1.1 Percent, Survey Shows | Journal of C…
Capacity at a group of six large truckload carriers slipped 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter and 1.1 percent year-over-year, as tractor-trailer supply and freight demand found a rough equilibrium at the end of 2011.
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UPS Names McCorstin to VP Post | Journal of Commerce
McCorstin to succeed retiring Bob Noonan in the air and ocean freight services position UPS has named Jeff McCorstin vice president of international air and ocean freight transportation services. McCorstin will succeed Bob Noonan, who is retiring after 40 years in the freight forwarding industry.
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Welcome to SupplyChainBrain: UK Freight Forwarders Association Of…
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Shippers Doubt Asia-Europe Rate Push Will Take | Journal of Comme…
Excess vessel capacity and rate wars will doom liner efforts to hike rates on Asia-Europe services, said several shippers and forwarders. Most major carriers have now announced either rate or surcharge hikes of $700 to $800 per 20-foot equivalent unit to be applied on Asia-Europe services, starting
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Freight Rate, Surcharge Update for Week of Feb. 13-17 | Journal o…
Hapag-Lloyd imposed a general rate increase on the Indian subcontinent-Europe trade lanes, starting March 1. The planned increase will be $550 per 20-foot equivalent unit.
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