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Packer Fastener Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary

Fastener News Desk

The family of companies now also includes Packer Freight – a freight brokerage and logistics company; and Albolt Manufacturing – a manufacturer of specialty fasteners. 2019 The Packer Fastener family expands with the addition of its sister company, Packer Freight—a freight brokerage and logistics company.

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Prices rise for polyethylene, PET

Plastics News

By comparison, the export market share of North American PE sales averaged only 24 percent from 2015-18. Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in lifting PET prices in 2022, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges. billion pounds in 2022. It’s OK, but not great.”

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Commodity prices rise; engineering resins drop

Plastics News

By comparison, the export market share of North American PE sales averaged only 24 percent from 2015-18. Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in lifting PET prices in 2022, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges. billion pounds in 2022.

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Scanwell – July Supply Chain Issues

Fastener News Desk

Ocean Carriers, Freight Rates and Ports: . Ocean Freight / Ports: Ocean rates have dropped significantly over the past month and a half. Let’s all cross our fingers this works out and we don’t suffer what we all went through in 2015/16. Scanwell Logistics International (CHI) Inc. Provided by Chris Donnell.

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Dockworkers threaten to strike at key U.S. ports over automation and pay

Fastener News Desk

The International Longshoremen’s Union is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container movements that are used in the loading or loading of freight at 36 U.S. Robinson, a logistics firm. Robinson, of the logistics firm C.H. 5 presidential election.

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Foot on the gas: How biomethane is helping hauliers decarbonise

SMMT

Increasingly, operators of all sizes are turning to the fuel, from some of the country’s largest logistics operators, to family-owned hauliers, as they look to find alternatives to petrol and diesel HGVs. The demand right now is exceptional.”