Free Download – North American 3PL Market Analysis Report

Free Download – North American 3PL Market Analysis Report

- / N2N / – This year, for the first time, eyefortransport is  releasing a complimentary copy of their full 134pg North American 3PL Report at no cost, for a limited time. Download your complimentary PDF here: http://bit.ly/HVxuYw Eyefortranspor’s annual report, which normally retails for $1,499 USD, provides a strategic analysis of the latest market opportunities [...]

Therapy for Truck Drivers

Therapy for Truck Drivers

By Sandy Long – / N2N / – There are certain segments in the work force that travel for a living, the military, construction workers and truck drivers. Being away from home for long periods can cause mental health issues such as depression and relationship issues. While the military has built in mental health services [...]

CBP Issues New C-TPAT Costs & Savings Report – Free Download

CBP Issues New C-TPAT Costs & Savings Report – Free Download

      FREE DOWNLOAD – C-TPAT COSTS & SAVINGS REPORT – 2011 – / N2N / – The 2011 C-TPAT Costs & Savings Survey (CSS) is a drill-down view of the detailed costs and savings experiences of a small sample of C-TPAT members. The CSS was developed and executed separately from the larger membership [...]

Health, Safety or Money Grab

Health, Safety or Money Grab

By Sandy Long On February 6, 2012, a meeting was held between the FMCSA Medical Review Board and the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee to discuss, once again, sleep apnea, BMI and truck drivers. The upshot of that meeting, citing the possibility of fatigue related accidents, is that drivers with a BMI (body mass index) [...]

Hair Follicle Drug Testing for Trucking Industry

Hair Follicle Drug Testing for Trucking Industry

By Sandy Long – / N2N / – There has been a debate going on among trucking companies for several years over whether hair follicle drug testing should be adapted industry wide instead of the usual urine testing. Some companies such as Schneider and CREngland have adapted hair follicle testing as pre-employment and random testing [...]

White House Releases Global Supply Chain Security Strategy

White House Releases Global Supply Chain Security Strategy

DOWNLOAD NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY The White House has released a report entitled NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY. – / N2N / – International trade has been and continues to be a powerful engine of United States and global economic growth. In recent years, communications technology advances and trade barrier [...]

Yuan Zi observes the activity outside his specially-designed travel enclosure after a direct flight from Chengdu, China, to Paris France, aboard the specially-chartered FedEx Panda Express. The two pandas safely delivered to France today will reside at the ZooParc de Beauval, where conservationists hope they will breed. Experts estimate there are just 1,600 giant pandas left in the wild today.

VIP’s (Very Important Pandas) Arrive in Paris on the FedEx Panda Express

PARIS – / N2N / – FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, safely delivered two three-year-old giant pandas from Chengdu, China, to Paris, France. The pandas, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, arrived on a specially-chartered Boeing 777F flight known as the “FedEx Panda Express” and [...]

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Tekab Company Limited – Emirates Factories

TEKAB COMPANY LIMITED, part of GIBCA Group of Companies, was established in 1990, in U.A.E., as manufacturers of Instrumentation, Control and Data Cables, Fire Resistant Cables, in addition to Low Voltage Power Cables and Building Wires. The purpose built factory is equipped with the up to date machinery and equipment to manufacture a wide range [...]

World Trade Organization Issues Formal Invitation to Russia

World Trade Organization Issues Formal Invitation to Russia

- / N2N / – On December 16, 2011, trade Ministers approved the terms of Russia’s accession and issued a formal invitation for Russia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) as its 155th Member, culminating Russia’s 18-year effort to join the multilateral trading system. Russia’s WTO membership will directly benefit U.S. economic interests by [...]

Freight Cargo Map of the United States

Are Transportation Companies Notorious for Cheating One Another?

- / N2N / – I have an acquaintance who owns a small, non-asset third party logistics (3PL) company.  He is constantly complaining to me about how cutthroat the transportation business is and how his customers and vendors are always cheating him out of money.  He spends a great deal of time trying to collect [...]

7 Myths About C-TPAT Certification

7 Myths About C-TPAT Certification

- / N2N / – As a C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) consultant I find there are a number of myths, or misconceptions about C-TPAT Certification.  It seems that these myths continue to float around the industry because I keep running into them.  Here’s a few of the myths: 1) My company is too small [...]

Download Free PDF – All About C‐TPAT Portal Release 65

Download Free PDF – All About C‐TPAT Portal Release 65

DOWNLOAD C-TPAT_PORTAL RELEASE 65 UPDATE – / N2N / – On November 12th, 2011 a new release of the C-TPAT web portal will be deployed. The new release adds many new functions for the trade including a rewrite of the “Validation Response” page. Also included is an adjusted scorecard which is viewable after the completion [...]

6 New Free Videos – Exporting to China, Vietnam, India & More

6 New Free Videos – Exporting to China, Vietnam, India & More

FREE VIDEOS – / – N2N – / – 58 percent of U.S. exporters export to only one market, mainly Canada. Many small and midsized companies that work with the U.S. Commercial Service have found new customers in dozens of markets. Among the emerging markets for U.S. companies are Vietnam, India, Indonesia, China, Taiwan and [...]