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Canada’s Fastfrate buys cross-border logistics provider ASL

Fastfrate Group announced its acquisition of ASL Distribution Services.

Canadian trucking and logistics company Fastfrate Group has acquired third-party logistics provider ASL Distribution Services in a deal that dramatically expands its cross-border e-commerce business.

Fastfrate announced the acquisition on Tuesday and said it will boost annual revenue by CA$120 million ($94 million) in 2021. The deal adds 13 terminals and final-mile hubs in New York and Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba in Canada.

It comes amid a wave of acquisitions in the Canadian trucking and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadas-fastfrate-buys-cross-border-logistics-provider-asl

Sea Level Variation Study Using GPS And Ice Profiling SONAR In Western Greenland

Sea Level Rising Test

Dr. David Holland of New York University, in collaboration with Dr. Natalya Gomez at McGill University, is leading an investigation of sea level variations in the Disko Bay region of western Greenland. A shore-based system compares the direct arrival of GPS signals to the signals reflected off the sea surface to obtain sea level. The presence of sea ice and icebergs complicate the measurements. A shore-mounted camera provides information about the surroundings and the presence of sea ice and...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/sea-level-variation-study-using-gps-and-ice-profiling-sonar-in-western-greenland/