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Retail Container Traffic Is Falling.

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The ports surveyed handled 1.46 million TEU set in October 2006. If the estimate holds true when actual numbers come in, it will mark the fourth month in a row that cargo failed to meet last year's levels. percent from August 2006 and September was down 1.9 percent from September 2006.) That's down 1.3

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Back to Basics in 2007 - 3PL Defined

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. • Re-Configure Your Distribution Network: 3PL outsourcing can be a quick way to re-configure distribution networks to meet global market demands and gain a competitive edge. According to a 2005 survey, CEOs of 3PL companies operating in Asia-Pacific expected 17% average business growth over the upcoming three years.

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Private Fleets or Outsourced Logistics? Which is Better?

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In a recent survey by the National Private Truck Council (NPTC), more than a third of all challenges private fleets face are driver-related, like aging drivers and their retirement, recruiting, turnover, hiring, and retention. We have best-in-class technology available to meet your needs and help you with your business’s growth.

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C-TPAT Survey - Be careful what you ask for.

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C-TPAT survey gives members chance to sound off Are companies who participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism really achieving tangible efficiencies by partnering with the U.S. CBP turned to the University of Virginia to help design and conduct the survey. government to secure their international supply chains?

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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. Let’s start with a basic but critical fact: for physical product companies, “sustainability is intimately connected with supply chains, the complex economic structures formed by companies that are using the global supply of natural resources to meet worldwide demand,” Sheffi notes.

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U.S. Dept. of Treasury Task Force issues report to help remedy financial outlook for USPS

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Gordon Glazer, senior consultant for San Diego-based parcel consultancy Shipware LLC , noted that there appears to be a disconnect relating to the Task Force report indicating that the USPS must pursue new cost-cutting strategies that will enable it to meet the changing realities of its business model.

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10 things you might have missed about WFP in 2019

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Unfortunately, the overall refugee response in Uganda is chronically under-funded, therefore, many refugees are forced to use their food or cash in some form or fashion to meet other basic needs,” said Robert Dekker, head of WFP’s refugee response. “It Each month, given sufficient funding, WFP injects US$3.2