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TranSolutions Inc has released the industry’s first software system dedicated to helping carriers manage their cargo claims.
The company first made waves in the logistics industry with MyEZClaim, a software system designed to help shippers and 3PLs manage their freight claims and analyze trends to prevent future damage.
Now TranSolutions has developed a similar software system for carriers to manage claims being filed against them. Up until this point, there has been ...
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Symetrica has unveiled a new radiation detection and identification technique that will reduce the incidence of nuisance alarms from radiation portal monitors (RPMs) used to screen vehicles and cargo at ports and borders. The patented solution, which was announced at the World Customs Organization Technology ...
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FedEx Corp. predicts it will move a record-breaking 317 million shipments between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. This forecast marks a 12.4% increase in year-over-year seasonal volume.
The season, which includes one more day than last year, is expected to be bolstered by three volume spikes, ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has begun underwriting Marine, Transport & Logistics Liability Insurance in Australia and New Zealand.
BHSI is focusing its new marine, transport & logistics liability capabilities on key segments, including: port/terminal operators, transport/logistics operators, rail operators, cargo handling facilities, charterer’s liability, ...
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Signifying Port Manatee’s burgeoning role as a containerized cargo gateway, Port Manatee reports it handled 83% more container units in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 than in the preceding 12-month period.
In the just-ended fiscal year, Port Manatee’s docks saw moves of 25,778 TEUs, compared ...
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DHL Express has been honored with a SmartWay® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and recognized as an industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.
SmartWay recognized DHL Express in the U.S. for its initiatives and efforts to reduce ...
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Captains of industry and top investors fund Seattle startup to reinvent commercial trucking
Convoy, a Seattle startup that is reinventing the $800 billion trucking business, today officially launched its on-demand service for regional and local trucking and announced $2.5 million in seed funding from top investors. ...
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Global NVOCC company CaroTrans launched 11 new, direct LCL import services between China and the United States, effective late August. The services include Ningbo to Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas and Houston; and Xiamen to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
CaroTrans ...
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More than 1,000 brands with 180,000 stores in 330 cities across China synchronize online and offline resources to offer outstanding products, prices, services and logistics for consumers
Alibaba Group revealed its omni-channel retailing plans for the 2015 11.11 Global Shopping Festival. This year, more than 1,000 ...
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Smiths Detection Inc.’s (SDI) dual-view HI-SCAN 6040-2is X-ray has become its latest system to be accepted into the “Qualified” section of TSA’s Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL).
The 6040-2is is an advanced, dual-view X-ray inspection system that uses multiple views and sophisticated algorithms to indicate ...
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