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Canadian Shipper
Lawmakers in France begin their ratification of the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomes the leaders of the 28-country bloc to Montreal.
Trudeau has been pushing hard for a win on trade and foreign policy after two difficult years marked by a rough renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Trump administration and the deterioration of political and trade relations with China.
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Canadian Shipper
Nestlé announced its intention to increase supply chain transparency through a collaboration with OpenSC — an innovative blockchain platform that allows consumers to track their food right back to the farm.
Founded by WWF-Australia and The Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures, OpenSC has developed a platform that will give anyone, anywhere access to independently verifiable sustainability and supply chain data.
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Canadian Shipper
A new global survey of digital consumers and merchants explores shipping's growing role in e-commerce. BigCommerce, the leading ecommerce SaaS platform for fast-growing and established brands, released Shipping, Delivered: Best Practices & Expectations for 2019 — a new research study that examines survey responses of nearly 3,000 digital consumers and 800 online merchants to understand the role that shipping plays in the consumer purchase journey and how brands are adjusting operations to meet shifting expectations.
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Smart software outperforms manual operations by several percentage points.
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AAR
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 13, 2019.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 527,908 carloads and intermodal units, down 5.6 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending July 13 were 260,762 carloads, down 4 percent compared with the same week in 2018, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 267,146 containers and trailers, down 7.2 percent compared to 2018.
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Blacklock's Reporter
The Transportation Safety Board said it's investigating a statistical spike in rail crossing accidents in winter months. The Board counted 151 casualties in the last three years including 61 motorists killed at level crossings.
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Securiguard maintains a highly trained and fully certified K9-unit featuring dogs skilled in narcotic/explosive detection. Whether our clients are based on land, at sea or in the air, our services ensure added safety and peace of mind. Visit us at the Cargo Logistics Expo
in Vancouver, BC at booth #425 on Feb 5-7!
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Valuepart Worldwide
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At Valuepart, we know the importance of providing you with fast availability of our quality undercarriage and repair parts inventory. This is why we maintain one of the largest North American networks of Depots and Warehouse facilities in the industry.
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Progressive Railroading
Cando Rail Services Ltd., as a result of a new customer relationship with Pembina, is producing daily outbound revenue loads of over 200 rail cars per day at the energy company's natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation facility in Redwater, Alberta.
Cando anticipates outbound revenue loads eventually will increase to the mid-200s of rail cars per day, Cando officials said in a press release.
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Canadian Shipper
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. announced record second-quarter revenues of nearly $2 billion, driven by grain, international container traffic and energy, chemicals and plastics to beat analysts' expectations.
Traffic increased in all categories, with grain hitting its third-highest level in CP Rail’s 138-year history at $422 million, a 13 per cent boost.
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Canadian Shipper
Do electric trucks meet the highest standards of quality required by chilled logistics? The Nagel-Group's on-road tests lasting around one year should provide the answer. The food logistics company has been operating an eActros from Mercedes Benz in Hamburg since July. Do electric trucks meet the highest standards of quality required by chilled logistics? The Nagel-Group's on-road tests lasting around one year should provide the answer. The food logistics company has been operating an eActros from Mercedes Benz in Hamburg since July.
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Air Cargo Week
With Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party now officially backing a second Brexit referendum, leading U.K. supply chain and logistics consultancy, SCALA, has outlined why they believe that British airfreight businesses should be joining the calls for another public vote.
John Perry, managing director of leading supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA, commented: "With the 31 October deadline fast approaching, and both Conservative leadership candidates refusing to rule out a no-deal Brexit, thoughts are increasingly turning to the option of a second referendum."
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Drone
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) is pleased to announce on July 16, 2019, the United States Patent Office granted DDC Patent #: 10,351,239 which covers DDC's proprietary FLYTE management software system along with its drone delivery technology and processes.
The patent is directed to aspects of DDC's proprietary FLYTE management which is a core component of DDC's drone delivery platform.
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Ship Technology
The rise of e-commerce is changing the face of global logistics, and shipping companies aren't exempt. How is the industry keeping up with the supply chain changes coming from the e-commerce revolution, and who might be left behind?
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Canadian Shipper
CargoSmart announced the execution of Global Shipping Business Network Services Agreements with maritime industry operators CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, COSCO Shipping Ports, Hapag-Lloyd, Hutchison Ports, OOCL, Port of Qingdao, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group.
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AIMM
Reporting for the month June 2019.
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Reuters
Britain's government on Thursday said all new ships ordered from 2025 and aimed for its waters must be equipped with zero emission technology, as part of a new plan to cut maritime pollution.
Britain last month announced a target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, making it the first among the major G7 countries to set such a goal.
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