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Automation
Fortna Hires Retail Industry Expert Mike Perkins
FORTNA
Perkins will ensure that Fortna’s large, complex distribution transformation projects are successfully executed
Mike Perkins
COLD CHAIN
Fit for Purpose: Evaluating Cold Chain Packaging Supply Logistics Needs
Pelican BioThermal
Optimizing cold chain supply logistic plans can serve as a strategic differentiator for life science industry companies
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Trucking
Spot Market Freight Declines in Typical January Trend
DAT Freight & Analytics
Spot market rates declined 1.3 percent for vans, 1.1 percent for reefers and 0.6 percent for flatbeds, month over month
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Warehousing
National Retail Federation Forecasts Retail Sales Growth of 3.1 Percent in 2016
National Retail Federation (NRF)
The National Retail Federations says the uptick would top the 10-year average of growth of 2.7 percent
Despite the more modest forecast for this year, the NRF says the uptick would top the 10-year average of growth of 2.7 percent. Online, mobile and catalog sales are expected to rise 6 to 9 percent, fueling growth.
Air Cargo
House Panel Approves Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The panel approved a measure directing the FAA to authorize package delivery by commercial drones within a year
A Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel approved legislation to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system as part of a six-year bill to authorize funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Warehousing
Amazon Express: Reincarnation of the Old Airborne Express?
GEP
Amazon found an almost move-in ready facility to process its shipments for next-day delivery to U.S. customers
Rob Schroeder
Design-Build
Centre Point Logistics to Open State-of-the-Art Warehouse at Dubai South
Centre Point Logistics (CPL)
The 22,550-square-meter facility will help capitalize on the growing opportunities in logistics in Dubai and the UAE
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Cargo Theft
Maersk Vessel Released after Brief Hijacking off Nigeria
Maersk Container Industry (MCI)
Nigeria remains a hotspot for violent piracy and armed robbery, which has died down off of Africa’s east coast
Safmarine Kuramo, a 2,500 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit (TEU) boxship briefly hijacked off the Nigerian coast on Feb. 5, was released the following day with all crew members reported to be safe, according to Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA).
Risk/Compliance
Google Wants to Deliver Packages from Self-Driving Trucks
Google Inc.
The trucks would be fitted with lockers that could be unlocked with a code sent to the person waiting for the delivery
A new patent awarded to Google suggests that the search giant is looking into developing self-driving delivery trucks, just as Amazon readies its autonomous delivery drone fleet, according to Quartz.
Trucking
Nadia Ribeiro Returns to CEVA Logistics to Head up South America Cluster
CEVA Logistics
Executive vice president Nadia Ribeiro has extensive knowledge of the international freight and logistics market
Nadia Ribeiro
Trucking
Dacotrans Merges with GH Transport and Key Logistics
Key Logistics AB
The company offers freight forwarding, including air, ocean less-than-container load/full container load and projects
In charge of the new company is Stefan Hansson as CEO; he was formerly the managing director of Dacotrans.
Risk/Compliance
Transportation and Logistics Sector Sheds 20,300 Jobs in January
U.S. Department of Labor
Courier, delivery jobs plummet as distribution companies show post-holiday hangover following the surge in online sales
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