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• A DC for the Jetsons: Stop & Shop's new automated distribution center takes the grocery chain from a manual operation into the Space Age.(Automation / WAREHOUSE & DC) 

  If George Jetson were to land his space ship in Stop & Shop's newest distribution center, the Space Age dad from the 1960s cartoon series would...

  Logistics Management (Highlands Ranch, Co.), 11/01/05 by Cooke, James A. · More from publication

• Circumnavigating the choke points: shippers and ocean carriers are using a combination of hard work and creativity to avoid congestion at West Coast ports.(TRANSPORTATION TRENDS) 

  Mark Kusuplos is doing his best to avoid the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. As manager of global logistics for Guardian Industries Corp.,...

  Logistics Management (Highlands Ranch, Co.), 10/01/05 by Cooke, James A. · More from publication

• High-wire act: our 14th annual benchmarking survey finds shippers struggling to balance service excellence with cost control.(14TH ANNUAL LOGISTICS SURVEY)(Cover Story) 

  Logistics has become a sort of high-wire act. Logistics today are walking a tightrope, juggling competing demands for outstanding customer...

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• Carriers look to IT to rein in costs.(TECHNOLOGY) 

  NEW YORK--Transportation and warehousing companies spent $30 billion on information technology (IT) and telecom expenditures during 2004,...

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• Mergers continue: Hapag-Lloyd to buy CP Ships.(MARITIME) 

  TORONTO--Ocean shippers could have fewer shipping options if German liner company Hapag-Lloyd merges with CP Ships Ltd. of Toronto. Last month,...

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• 3PLs are seeking profits over growth.(OUTSOURCING) 

  DEDHAM, Mass.--A recent study indicates that third-party logistics (3PL) companies are starting to focus on profitable growth rather than on...

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• Shippers brace for higher fuel surcharges this fall: the average shipper now pays fuel surcharges of 13.3 percent and expects to pay 18.2 percent by autumn.(NEwS & ANALYSIS) 

  WALTHAM, Mass.--Frustrated with rising oil prices and seeing no relief in sight, the vast majority of shippers anticipates that diesel fuel...

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• FMCSA makes minimal changes to HOS rules.(REGULATION) 

  WASHINGTON--Shippers and motor carriers will know soon whether public safety groups will mount a court challenge to the latest revision of the...

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• International air cargo volumes soared in 2004.(AIR FREIGHT) 

  ATLANTA -- International airfreight shipments moving to and from the United States soared last year, with both tonnage and value posting...

  Logistics Management (Highlands Ranch, Co.), 08/01/05 by Cooke, James A. · More from publication

• Warehouses wrestle with worker turnover.(WAREHOUSING) 

  ATLANTA -- High rates of turnover among workers continue to plague warehouses, making it the top issue for management, according to the results...

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