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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

This acquisition builds on the Panasonic/Blue Yonder strategic relationship, established in January 2019 with a partnership, followed by the creation of a joint venture company in Japan in November 2019. According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), almost 75 percent of all freight is transported by truck.

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Reports of Convoy Winding Down Digital Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action.

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Reports That Convoy Exploring Strategic Options

Supply Chain Matters

A report initially published by The Information ( Paid subscription ) and subsequently industry publication Freightways , cited sources indicating that the Seattle based company, that counted Jeff Bezos , Bill Gates and Marc Benioff as investors, with Fidelity and T Rowe Price as later stage backers has taken this action.

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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to launch immediate investigations into the incident. The 737 MAX aircraft program has a long history dating back to two fatal aircraft crashes that occurred in 2018 and 2019 and subsequently led to a year’s long global grounding of the aircraft.

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

Food grown close to consumers reduces both transportation costs and food waste. Plenty itself had planned to open a farm near Seattle by this point, but decided to focus on building its tech platform.” 4] Staff, “ The foody benefits of farming vertically ,” The Economist , 29 August 2019. [5]

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Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt to Speak at The CleanTech Alliance Breakfast in Seattle on 2/13/2019

Freightera

Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt is to speak at The CleanTech Breakfast series in Seattle on February 13. He is a recipient of the 2019 Clean50 Award. The post Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt to Speak at The CleanTech Alliance Breakfast in Seattle on 2/13/2019 appeared first on Freightera Blog. Learn more and register here.

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Eric Beckwitt Selected as a Keynote Speaker at CleanTech Innovation Showcase in Seattle on June 24th

Freightera

Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt selected as a keynote speaker for the 2019 CleanTech Innovation Showcase at Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle on June 24. He recently received the 2019 Clean50 Award, which recognizes Canada’s leaders in sustainability for their contributions over the prior two years.

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