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Trying To Make Sense Of A DIM Situation

New dimensional weight charges will affect most food and beverage shippers.

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Alibaba Invests $4.5 Billion In Logistics

The deal is the latest in a wave of big spending in China by Alibaba and its rivals as they compete to hook up China’s masses of smartphone users with services ranging from food delivery to movie ticketing to hitching rides.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Tacoma And Seattle Ports Launch Northwest Seaport Alliance

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

The Northwest Seaport Alliance unifies the two ports’ marine cargo terminal investments, operations, planning and marketing to strengthen the Puget Sound gateway and attract more marine cargo to the region.

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European Commission Investigates FedEx/TNT Express Merger

The commission, the European Union's antitrust watchdog, said the two remaining international delivery companies, United Parcel Service Inc. and DHL Worldwide Express Inc., may not provide sufficient competition to the merged company.

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Truck Freight Volumes To Jump 29% In Next 11 Years

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

Even though truck tonnage grows over the forecast period, trucking’s share will dip from 68.8 percent in 2014 to 64.6 percent in 2026.

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Global Logistics Properties To Acquire $4.55 Billion Worth Of U.S. Warehouses

Demand from major institutional investors to invest with GLP in U.S. logistics real estate is strong, with GLP in negotiations with several new and existing capital partners.

Georgia Ports Authority Teams With CSX On New Inland Port

Georgia Ports Authority

Operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, the Appalachian Regional Port will deliver goods more efficiently to the GPA's Garden City Terminal, the second busiest container port on the East Coast behind New York-New Jersey.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, right, announces a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the Appalachian Regional Port near Chatsworth, Ga., along with, from right, Murray County Commissioner Brittany Pittman, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz, CSX Senior Vice President Clarence Gooden, Ga. Senator Charlie Bethel, and Ga. House Speaker David Ralston, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Chatsworth, Ga. The inland port, due to open in 2018, will serve as a direct link from the Port of Savannah to North Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and parts of Kentucky.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

East Coast Ports Face Warehouse Crunch

The expansion of the Panama Canal is reshaping seaports up and down the U.S. East Coast, as local governments spend billions to deepen harbors, raise bridges and make other infrastructure improvements in anticipation of larger ships.

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Report: UPS Negotiates Acquisition Of Coyote Logistics For $1.8 Billion

Coyote Logistics

A deal for the Chicago-based provider of transport-management services could be reached as soon as this month, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

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California Bridge Collapse Could Delay Freight, Raise Shipping Costs

The 100-mile stretch of the Interstate 10, which carries more than 25,000 cars and trucks daily, was closed indefinitely after a deluge of water, mud and rocks flushed out supporting soil under one end of the bridge.

This aerial photo shows the collapsed elevated section of Interstate 10, Monday, July 20, 2015, in Desert Center, Calif. All traffic along one of the major highways connecting California and Arizona was blocked indefinitely when the bridge over a desert wash collapsed during a major storm, and the roadway in the opposite direction sustained severe damage.

BNSF Logistics Acquires Transportation Technology Services

According to BNSF Logistics, TTS will become the company's U.S. rail, project cargo and engineering services division.

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