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03
Mar
PANAMA CANAL – New Fees due to climate change
Transportation & Logistics Council, Inc. Unlike the Suez Canal, which is a sea-level cut without locks, the Panama Canal has to lift vessels up 85 feet through a series of three locks, and then lower them back down. The engineering […]
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02
Mar
Coronavirus hits come fast for aviation sector
by American Shipper / Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo Market Editor The airline industry is becoming a leading indicator of the global economic contraction now projected for the first quarter, and possibly for the full year, as the new coronavirus escapes […]
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30
Jan
Airlines escalates virus response
by Air Cargo News European carriers led by British Airways said they’re quitting China as the deadly coronavirus spreads, though U.S. operators plan to retain some services for now. BA took the most dramatic step, saying Thursday it will cease […]
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07
Jan
Driver Turnover Falls at Large TL Carriers
The third-quarter turnover rate at large truckload carriers fell 11 percentage points to 87%, marking its lowest point since the first quarter of 2017 when it was 74%, American Trucking Associations reported. At the same time, the churn rate at smaller TL carriers […]
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19
Dec
Section 301 Duty Increase Officially Postponed
On December 1, 2018 President Trump advised the additional duty rate for articles on List 3 would not increase from 10 to 25 percent as scheduled on January 1, 2019. Instead, he postponed the increase while China and the U.S. […]
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02
Nov
UPS Preparing for Potential Teamsters Strike Affecting Logistics Freight Customers
Recent developments regarding a new labor agreement between UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of UPS, and the Teamsters Freight National Bargaining Committee over a new labor contract could have ramifications that potentially lead to a strike or the semblance of […]
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09
Aug
Essential Things Importers Can Do to Prepare for Tariffs
On June 15, President Trump announced another round of tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. These Section 301 tariffs are separate from the recently imposed Section 232 additional tariffs on certain steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) products from […]
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20
Jul
TMS & ERP INTEGRATION- PNG EFFICIENCY SAVINGS
You might ask yourself what is API and ERP Integration? First, we need to learn what these acronyms stand for, API (Application Program Interface) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning.) API’s make it possible to move information between programs – between […]
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20
Jul
PARCEL AUDITING SERVICE – HOW CAN YOUR BUSINESS BENEFIT ?
Is your business shipping large quantities of ground and small package shipments on a daily basis? Do you find that way too much of your employees’ valuable time is spent making sure your FedEx and UPS bills are accurate? You […]
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13
Jul
BENEFITS OF FREIGHT BILL AUDITING
Freight audits may seem like a cumbersome task to many shippers, or something that isn’t necessary in the grand scheme of things, but there are many cost saving benefits to ensuring proper billing for all of your logistics needs. In […]
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