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Walmart Expands Free Two-Day Shipping To Battle Amazon

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a free 30-day trial of ShippingPass, its two-day shipping program for shoppers in the United States, as the world's largest retailer looks to take on Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime subscription service.

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How Brexit Will Impact The Food Industry

With the Brexit vote expected to force the departure of the U.K. from the EU, it is unlikely that the other EU countries will offer the U.K. access to the EU single market.

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Buck-a-Mile Backhauls Live On

DAT Freight & Analytics

Companies that handle billions of dollars of cargo at West Coast seaports said they will hire far fewer workers this weekend, the latest escalation in a contract dispute with dockworkers that threatens to shut down a vital link in U.S.-Asia trade.

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Expanding Perishables Trade Generates New Transportation Options

SeaLand’s Atlantico service connects Mexico with Northeast U.S.

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Seafood Logistics

Demanding logistics requirements combined with difficult weather and environmental conditions make seafood logistics especially challenging.

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Keep the Lid on Warehouse Energy Costs

Enhancements bring more choices in managing one of the hardest-to-manage expenses

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CMA CGM Releases Panama Canal Plan

This 77km-long canal is now a strategic route for global trade: five percent of all traffic passes through the canal (eight percent for the Suez Canal), representing 200 million tons of goods a year; on board more than 15,000 vessels.

French liner CMA CGM has hailed the inauguration of the widened Panama Canal, stating that the canal allows it to reconfigure its strategy and create a major transshipment hub in nearby Jamaica.

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Maersk Group Considers Splitting Into Different Companies

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Maersk is now battling on two fronts, with container shipping suffering from historic low freight rates and the oil business dealing with around a 60 percent fall in oil prices.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

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Hapag-Lloyd Teams with INTRRA on Complying with Container Weight Rule

The e-VGM service is available in two versions for carriers and shippers and provides the operational capabilities for digital submission, receipt, processing and auditing of SOLAS-compliant VGMs.

Hapag-Lloyd will connect with the INTTRA e-VGM Service for facilitating compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s container weight requirements.

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Panama Canal Expansion to Change Regional Shipping Networks

The Suez Canal may still have an advantage over the Panama Canal in terms of the time taken to transport cargo, especially with the recent news that it will be offering more competitive tolls for ships.

The opening of the expanded Panama Canal is likely to create a significant shift in regional shipping networks, particularly with regards to the size and frequency of ships coming into the US East and Gulf Coast ports.

North American Freight Shipments Continue to Struggle

Expenditures for freight fell for the third time in five months, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

The measure for freight shipments rose 1.3 percent from the month before to a reading of 1.091, its highest level since November, but it’s down 5.8 percent from May a year ago. The gap from May 2014 is even larger, 7 percent, when the reading was at 1.173, one of its highest since the Great Recession.

Warehouse Costs Set to Rise; What Operators Can Do

By understanding the factors that will shape costs during the three years to 2019, warehouse operators can develop strategies to save money.

Wages are a key cost for warehousing providers, which require a significant amount of labor to handle and manage inventory.

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