The Journal of Commerce--The closely watched Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipping jumped back into positive territory in August, increasing 8.3 percent from the month before and joining other signals of returning industrial growth. The...

Journal of Commerce--The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking comment to update its best practices list for handling transit, transshipped or re-exported items subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The Department...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service begins contract negotiations today with the largest of its four unions, the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU). The APWU represents employees who work as clerks, mechanics, vehicle...

READING, Pa., Sept. 1, 2010 – Penske Logistics has opened a new 110,000-square-foott (11,000-square-meter) Manaus, Brazil factory distribution center, located at Av Torquato Tapajós, 7503. “Opening a warehouse in Manaus is an...

According to Modern Materials Handling, "When it comes to versatility and cost, wood, plastic and steel pallets are still the kings of the hill when it comes to the materials used for pallet construction. Together, they account for more than 90% of...

By Ramsey Mansour, director of retail and consumer goods marketing at UPS

Part one: What to look for when choosing a parcel invoice auditing vendor. By Don LaFrance

Engineering Innovation Inc (EII), the creator of the EZ-Flats system which revolutionized flats processing, now has a solution for parcel processing. EII's new EZ-Parcels allows mailers to simultaneously dimension, weigh, and OCR-read parcels with ease and efficiency. This automated system supports all USPS Parcel rates, including new Cubic Pricing. For lower volume applications The Champ tabletop unit handles a wide variety of mail including...