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3PL HQ North America map; 10 supply chain predictions for 2013; John Wagner Jr's thoughts on the Fiscal Cliff

We have quite a lot of content to share with you this week. Yesterday we published a simple map of the location density of all of the major North American 3PL HQs , already this has been downloaded over 3,000 times, so it is proving very popular – we will be publishing a version 2.0 in the coming months with the updates and suggestions that we have been inundated with.

There are a few good guest articles from Cathy Roberson from Transport Intelligence , John Wagner from Wagner Logistics and Guy Courtin from Retail Solutions Inc . If you would like to share your opinions to the newsletter readership and the 50,000 monthly viewers we get on www.eft.com, then please get in touch with me directly.

Regards,

Chris Saynor
CEO, eyefortransport

News This Week:

Location Density Map of top North American 3PLs
eyefortransport has just put together a map of the location density of all of the major North American 3PLs. The map gives you a macro view of 3PL headquarters throughout the US and Canada, allowing you to understand the industry’s distribution across the region

Ten Reasons to Step Back From the Fiscal Cliff
Article by John Wagner Jr from Wagner Logistics (Published on Supply Chain Blog)

The top 10 thoughts for 2013 and the Supply Chain
Article by Guy Courtin - published on 4th January 2013

US rail intermodal comes close to breaking a record
Article by Cathy Morrow Roberson from Transport Intelligence - Published on 6th January 2013

SDV acquires majority stake in Safcomar, a Swiss-based specialist in international logistics
SDV announces majority equity holding in Safcomar Overseas SA whose new name, SDV Suisse, takes effect as of 7 January 2013, by completing this new external growth operation, SDV adds a new country to its European network and will employ approximately 20 people in its Geneva and Zurich branches

Launch of Ziegler Logistics in China and Hong Kong
Ziegler Logistics expanding into China and Hong Kong

Menlo Worldwide Logistics Expands Operations in Singapore
New S$50 Million Distribution Centre Spotlights “Green” Design and Construction, Seeks BCA Green Mark Gold Plus Certification

New Regional CEO at Panalpina appointed
Panalpina today announced that Stefan Karlen, Managing Director Southeast Asia, has been appointed Regional CEO Asia Pacific with immediate effect. His predecessor Marco Gadola will be leaving the company to pursue a career opportunity outside of the logistics industry

Trimble Acquires ALK Technologies to Extend its Transportation and Logistics Solutions to Shippers and Transportation Providers
Trimble announced today that it has acquired privately-held ALK Technologies Inc. of Princeton, NJ, a global leader in routing, mapping, mileage and navigation technologies

GT Nexus and TradeCard to Merge
Over $100 Billion in goods managed on single cloud technology platform

Global Semiconductor Sales Post Best Month of 2012 in November
Americas lead strong November sales; industry carries momentum into 2013

Flexibility key to the growing ecommerce logistics market
Article by Cathy Morrow Roberson from Transport Intelligence - posted on 3rd January 2013

Featured Content:Location Density Map of top North American 3PLs

We’ve just put together a map of the location density of all of the major North American 3PLs. The map gives you a macro view of 3PL headquarters throughout the US and Canada, allowing you to  understand the industry’s distribution across the region.

In our research into 3PLs and Logistics companies, it was difficult to gauge the lay of the land of the major 3PL Headquarters across North America. With this in mind, we created this map for a birds-eye perspective that provides an easy to digest summary of the distribution of 3PLs throughout the continent .