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A railroad crew has reached the end of its federally mandated work hours. It stops the train and gets off, but there are no replacements in sight. The relief crew has been prevented from working by local authorities enforcing a str…https://t.co/WRK9ggpIQ7 https://t.co/8o97gZby5f

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An old quip in transportation management is that passengers are freight that complain. But what about giving freight the window seats? In these challenging times it takes imaginative ideas to keep freight shipments moving along the…https://t.co/HcPVEBFjol https://t.co/u13jgbDAXC

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The Port of New York and New Jersey is moving to head off a cargo backlog in marine terminals and warehouses in April and May as Chinese import volumes rebound from the trough created by blank sailings linked to China’s recent prod…https://t.co/5rVMwPpDIE https://t.co/XWCxpkJNh4

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Extensive blank sailings have left virtually no empty containers available at European ports, according to the latest data, and extreme measures implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could delay…https://t.co/jQwdc8KMe9 https://t.co/WERJXVKuVe

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On Monday, New Jersey became the first state to impose a curfew on non-essential, non-emergency travel between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. “This will remain in effect for the foreseeable future,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a tweet.…https://t.co/cvzewWhyIa https://t.co/ot2ExlzDZJ

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US truckers have yet to face — and hopefully won’t — the kind of restrictions and obstacles truckers in China dealt with, where many drivers were caught up in quarantines, which delayed factories that restarted production lines get…https://t.co/3k7msWErvR https://t.co/6JoUMZbNr6

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Finally, some good news about the coronavirus and global supply chains: Cargo volumes and ship calls have swiftly rebounded at Chinese ports, confirming that the cogs of global trade are grinding back into motion. #shipsandshipping…https://t.co/T6khuk5RmA https://t.co/QOsmczDrNi

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“Given that the recovery for China production is only expected to return back to 100 percent by mid- to end-March, it’s fair to assume that this will have a knock-on impact well through May, which is when these orders will begin to…https://t.co/8szB3utvU6 https://t.co/hG7WsLeAgJ

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“The barricades must now come down. The injunctions must be obeyed and the law must be upheld,” Trudeau said during a Friday afternoon press conference. "Canadians are paying the price. Some can’t get to work and others have lost t…https://t.co/TTGbTSY1N9 https://t.co/RJZp2HfUE4

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The protest along Canadian National Railway tracks east of Belleville, Ont., has halted CN’s eastern network — about one-quarter of its operations — and choked shipments from coast to coast. #freight #ports #shipping #blockade #cargo #freightforwarding https://t.co/h6g2DrSWId

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This year, the pattern is repeating itself, but on a scale that has yet to be seen in container shipping’s more than 60-year history. As attendees prepare for the upcoming TPM20 in Long Beach March 1-4, the industry is in the grips…https://t.co/sYW7cFZoRO https://t.co/CXMBLyWRi0

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Rail blockades are slowing shipments to and from the Canadian ports of Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax, creating backlogs at the marine terminals and hampering domestic and international shipments. https://t.co/C6trljnJIN

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US imports from Asia saw a year-over-year decline in 2019 for the first time in a decade as the trade war drove an almost 10 percent drop in Chinese imports that easily bested growth in sourcing from Southeast Asia. #trade #import…https://t.co/V3JuOdsSjH https://t.co/1sARrtVdFr

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The company has been successfully maintaining fuelling service at both airports with a team of trained managers from around the country #trade #airports #delays #service and said there had been no flight delays because of the strike. https://t.co/UDarLGJW4t

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Much of the boom in warehouse robotics has its roots in Amazon’s $775 million purchase of Massachusetts startup Kiva Systems in 2012. The tech giant re-branded it as Amazon Robotics and transformed it into an in-house laboratory th…https://t.co/8RDwRaJchU https://t.co/4S1K5fWnBQ

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Mexico’s point man on the new North American free-trade agreement shed some light on the remaining impediments to finalizing the deal by end of year — suggesting everyone could be shaking hands by next week if there’s enough politi…https://t.co/Ri2adEDDCM https://t.co/TJpZFKhBUV

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While the impact of the strike against Canadian National Railway on international cargo has been mitigated thus far, the company will have to begin to curb cross-border services the longer the job action, now in its third day, last…https://t.co/koqHIO65XU https://t.co/gPjzPl7w5p

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Shippers should be concerned. An increase in speeding and other unsafe driving violations by truckers could translate into more accidents, more lives lost, and more damaged goods. In supply chains, faster doesn’t always mean safer…https://t.co/wZv6fgPvcG https://t.co/yMZMryjKSd

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Josh Nye, the senior economist with RBC, told a packed house at the Surface Transportation Summit Oct. 16, that the services sector is holding up well. He also noted trade talks between the U.S. and China are now moving in a more p…https://t.co/GSPoweAEvI https://t.co/vrbIu5qf38