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U.S. East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion

Following the Panama Canal expansion next year, up to 10 percent of container traffic to the U.S. from East Asia could shift from West Coast ports to East Coast ports by 2020, according to new research conducted by The Boston […]

The Promise of the Physical Internet

By Mary Lou Jay for MHI Solutions Professor Benoit Montreuil looks at today’s logistics systems and sees inefficiencies and unsustainable practices. –Trucks and shipping containers frequently travel empty or only half full. –Products sit in warehouses that are poorly utilized, […]

Suez Canal Expansion Contract Awarded

The Suez Canal Authorities has awarded a $1.5 billion expansion contract to a consortium consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Netherlands), Van Oord, NMDC (Abu Dhabi) and Jan de Nul (Belgium). Each partner will be paid an equal share of […]

Overnight shippers hiring more seasonal workers for the 2014 Holiday Season

UPS announced last week that it expects to hire between 90,000 – 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated holiday surge in package deliveries that will begin in October and continue through January 2015. The company is gearing up for […]

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