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Using data analytics to make better deliveries

DHL Express is revamping, costing engine to catch up with e-commerce

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Ireland provides proving ground for DHL data project

DHL is striving to make its parcel delivery business as efficient and as effective as possible. (See main story.) One thing they’re working on is to differentiate between deliveries to business, as opposed to residence, addresses.

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TCL shippers: willing to pay for service that works

The Wine and Spirits Shippers Association (WSSA), which represents some 600 members, moves quite a number of reefer containers. But despite being a major player, it doesn’t always get the kind of service it wants from carriers and ports.

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USDA program has jumpstarted TCL investments in US southeastern ports

Port of Virginia: The latest authorized to receive cold-treated South American produce

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US trade deficit with Mexico: More than meets the eye

The United States-Mexico relationship has been rocked since Donald Trump became president, first over the issue of the border wall and then over issues of trade.

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Mexico and Trump trade policies: it’s complicated

A faltering NAFTA could increase U.S. trade deficit and have other side effects.

Big ship jitters voiced at Port Industry Days
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Port of NY/NJ benefits from the past, looks forward to the future

Port Industry Day for the Port of New York/New Jersey highlights how decisions made 20 years ago enable the port to handle today's mega ships. And now port leadership is looking at the next 30 years.

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The point of the FTZ Point

The Canada Border Services Agency collects a total of $30 billion in duties and taxes at the border. Of that, as much as $23 billion could be claimed for drawback, in other words, refunded to companies operating in Canada.

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FTZ #138 drives economic growth in Columbus

Air, intermodal freight, distribution center development all booming

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