Global agricultural processor Archers Daniel Midland Company (ADM) filed a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court last week against five Class I railroads, whom ADM claims collaborated to fix fuel surcharges, according to various media reports.

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IBS was formed in Sweden in 1978 and has since grown to become one of the industry’s leading vendors of supply chain management software

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Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was up 7.4 percent in January.

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The initial stage of the long anticipated “open skies” agreement, permitting unrestricted passenger airline flights between the European Union and the United States, has positive cargo implications, said industry observers.

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New post critical to building brand in Asia-Pacific and to strengthening company’s market position in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said this week that its seasonally-adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage index was flat in February, coming off of a 2.4 percent gain in January and a 1.5 percent gain in December.

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The American Association of Railroads (AAR) said yesterday that freight traffic volumes on United States railroads for the week ending March 22 were down compared to last year.

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With the world focus on China these days being sharpened by the upcoming Olympics and political unrest in Tibet, cargo security has never been a bigger issue, say transport experts.

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Speculation about a possible trucking shutdown on April 1 has been gaining momentum recently, according to media reports and Internet discussion boards.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT-CTL) announced today it has launched the MIT Global SCALE (Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence) Network, which it describes as an international alliance of leading research and education centers dedicated to the development of supply chain and logistics through innovation.

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