General rates and charges for less-than-truckload services through ArcBest℠ and ABF Freight® will increase, effective May 22, 2017. Rates will increase by about 4.9 percent, although the effect on specific lanes and shipments will vary. Read more at arcb.com See Also ABF Tracking
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Daily Archives: May 8, 2017
DACHSER Launches Air Freight Gateway at Expanded Facility
DACHSER streamlined air freight processes in the North China region after making their new air freight gateway operational. The Shanghai Pudong Airport Bonded Zone branch expanded from 32,300 to 64,600 sq. feet. “The North China gateway demonstrates DACHSER’s high quality process management across continents,” explains Yves Larquemin, Managing Director Air & Sea Logistics North China. […]
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Effective immediately, Amazon’s smart speaker “Alexa” can update DHL customers on their parcel shipment
05/08/2017 – Effective immediately, Amazon’s smart speaker “Alexa” can update DHL customers on their parcel shipment DHL Parcel is expanding its customer service to include a new voice-activated information service. Effective immediately, DHL customers can query Amazon’s digital smart speaker “Alexa” for information on their parcel’s current whereabouts. By activating Alexa’s DHL Parcel “skill” via […]
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DHL opens China Rail Competence Center in Stuttgart
05/08/2017 – DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has opened a central China Rail Competence Center in Stuttgart, Germany to ensure the more efficient and customer-friendly coordination of ever-growing freight volumes transported between Germany and Asia by the rail freight service. “Rail freight volumes between Germany and […]
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FedEx Trade Index: 8 in 10 Small Businesses Say Trade Will Improve the U.S. Economy
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2017 — An increasing majority of U.S. small business leaders overwhelmingly view global trade as beneficial to Americans. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has released results of the second FedEx Trade Index(1), a national survey of over 1,000 small business leaders which tracks the impact of international trade among the small business segment […]
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