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Shippers and suppliers are increasingly turning to online business-to- business (B2B) exchanges or marketplaces for their logistics needs. These online exchanges provide greater choices, more value, better prices and improved communication with other parties in the supply-chain. Because of the potential for huge capital growth in the B2B e-market, the number of online exchanges is expected to increase to about 3,000 by 2001. However, only 5% of them are expected to survive.
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The world's international seaports and airports were ranked according to the cargo volume they handled in 2000. For seaports, the port of Singapore topped the list, having handled 313,322 metric tons of cargo, followed by the ports of Rotterdam, Netherlands, and South Louisiana, US. On the other hand, the ranking for airports was topped by the Memphis, TN, airport, having handled 2,412,907 metric tons of cargo, followed by the airports in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, CA.
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The world's largest express shipping companies have continuously improved and added new services to meet customers' business needs. Aside from faster and more sophisticated pick up and delivery services, express shippers such as Federal Express Corp, United Parcel Service of America Inc and DHL Airways Inc, now provide global logistics and related services that cut their customers' costs.
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