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Government of Canada
The transportation system is something Canadians rely on every day, from getting us to work, or bringing us the goods we use in our homes. Canada showcases its vision of a safe, secure, green, innovative and integrated transportation system that supports trade and economic growth, a cleaner environment and the well-being of Canada's middle class.
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Materials Management & Distribution
President Donald Trump's point person on trade says the administration's top priority is locking down the best deal possible for the U.S. in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation, and therefore it has no deadline to complete the talks.
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the Senate finance committee that while he wants to move as quickly as possible, sealing a "very high-standard" agreement is of far greater importance.
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By Delany Martinez
 One of the largest problems stumping efficiency and profitability experts is arguably the most difficult: getting goods through the gauntlet of the "last mile" — the final leg of a product's transportation journey before it lands with the customer. While striving for competitive pricing, 3PLs know this dilemma all too well. While traditional delivery providers such as UPS, FedEx and USPS are trying to innovate to keep pace with demand, a new collection of unusual solutions has cropped up.
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Clean Tech Canada
The Ontario government is looking into using hydrogen-powered trains to replace the diesel locomotives that currently ferry commuters across the Greater Toronto Area.
The province's Transportation Minister, Steven Del Duca, was at GO Transit's Willowbrook yard in Etobicoke June 15 to kick off the environmental assessment process for the major infrastructure project.
"Electrification is an important step forward for regional rail in Ontario," Del Duca said. "It is critical that we get it right."
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RT&S
The Association of American Railroads filed comments with the Office of the United States Trade Representative, detailing the importance of preserving North American trade relationships to freight railroads.
One of the Trump Administration's goals is a foreign policy focused on what it calls "America First." This includes the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The administration believes "fair but tough" trade deals will promote job and wage growth.
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Truck News
Speed-related, at-fault collisions involving large commercial vehicles dropped by an impressive 73 percent after mandatory speed limiter legislation took effect in Ontario, according to a recent study by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
The drop in truck collisions was significantly greater than the decrease found in other vehicle drivers (30 percent), the report also concluded.
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Canadian Shipper
Canadian National Railway says it will spend $500 million over the next five years on technology to improve its safety, efficiency and competitive edge, partly in response to the potential threat posed by driverless trucks.
CEO Luc Jobin told an investor conference that the country's largest railway will make the investments to improve operations and stay ahead of changes to the trucking sector that are expected to evolve quickly over the next decade.
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Air Cargo Week
Hybrid Air Freighters has signed a letter of intent to purchase 12 Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airships valued at approximately $500 million.
The Hybrid Airship is designed to transport heavy lift cargo to remote operating sites around the world, to locations that may have little or no infrastructure, and have the ability to take off and land almost anywhere.
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Air Cargo Week
Global airfreight volumes increased six per cent in April despite uncertainty on global trade, Airports Council International reports.
It says business confidence remains strong despite global trade uncertainty and economic integration in the USA and United Kingdom.
International trade made gains on the cyclical recovery in the global economy, translating into robust growth in airfreight volumes, and the ongoing strength of export orders across manufacturing sectors for high value goods resulted in high growth.
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Reuters
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said the Petya cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems across the world on Tuesday.
The attack came as computer servers across Europe and in India were hit by a major ransomware attack.
"Global cyber-attack Petya is affecting multiple businesses," Maersk said on Twitter.
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Niagara This Week
Even before Canada celebrated its birth 150 years ago a narrow band of water, cutting its way across Niagara, was shaping the region, province and the nation.
That strip of water was the Welland Canal, at the time of Confederation back in 1867, the shipping corridor that forever changed the face of southern Ontario.
Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum archivist and Brock University history and Canadian studies professor Michelle Vosburgh explained the canal, now in its fourth iteration, opened up the Canadian interior to shipping and dramatically changed the course of Canada’s economy in the nation's centre.
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Canadian Shipper
There is a "high likelihood" of a new wave of M&A activity involving medium-size ocean carriers, as the gap widens between them and the largest container lines, according to shipping consultant Drewry.
Drewry notes that the top three container lines, again with orderbooks included, now enjoy a massive 42 percent dominance of the global container market, which compares with the 26 percent share held by the top three carriers in 2005.
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The Load Star
The South African Competition Commission has rejected the merger of the container divisions of NYK, MOL and K Line to create Ocean Network Express.
In South Africa, NYK operates its shipping business through the Mitchell Cotts Maritime agency; MOL through subsidiaries MOL South Africa and MOL ACE South Africa; and K Line though K Line Shipping South Africa.
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