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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

But I also found it interesting that Dick Morley , the father of the PLC (programmable logic controllers to you non-geeks), organized geek pride days in New Hampshire as early as 2001. I personally think that Star Wars transcends the geek world. Why do I find this interesting? The home-goods retailer says in a complaint filed with U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

That was a little over a year and a half ago, but the first grant—a meager $35 million to New Hampshire-based BAE Systems—wasn’t announced until last December. Even so, with the ACP adding transit slots on top of better-than expected rains in late 2023, conditions appear to be improving, at least for now, in the critical shipping lane.