Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

The multimodal provider said at the 2025 Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference on Tuesday that the worst-case scenarios previously contemplated at the onset of the trade war now appear unlikely. Some of Schneider’s customers are expecting “a tsunami” of freight while others are calling for steady shipment flows.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Webinars Five Ways AI-Enabled Digital Twins Will Shape the Future of Supply Chains Technology Ships’ Electronics Increasingly Jammed Since Israel Struck Iran Global Gateways Watch: The Crisis in Access to Critical Raw Materials Supply Chain Visibility Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

If a major customer leaves, an AS/RS investment could become a stranded asset that sits on the balance sheet and drags down financial metrics such as return on asset (RoA) or other profitability measures. In a typical warehouse, AMRs function as a force multiplier, enabling the same number of people to handle more freight easily.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

April 23, 2025 Blog Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Freightos Enterprise our comprehensive solution designed specifically for large enterprises that import and export, who need to bring control, visibility, and efficiency to their global logistics operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Just in time for the holidays, the Ship It Zero campaign is bringing visibility to the impacts of dirty ocean shipping caused by mega retailers all year round but especially as they ship their goods during the holiday season.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Lawyer for 737 Crash Victim Families Slams DOJ Deal with Boeing Quality & Metrics U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows by Most on Record as Imports Plunge Global Trade & Economics Ship Traffic Through Red Sea Remains Sparse, Despite Houthi-U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport Photo: iStock.com/ Alexandros Michailidis June 16, 2025 Robert J. Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage The Top 8 EDI Myths - Debunked! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Image: iStock/Dragon Claws June 13, 2025 Robert J. Featured Product Popular Stories Ship Traffic Through Red Sea Remains Sparse, Despite Houthi-U.S. THE SUPPLYCHAINBRAIN PODCAST Podcast | Are You Ready to Talk to a ‘Metahuman’? Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Is the “person” you’re talking to on that kiosk screen an actual human?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Supply Chain Visibility Quality & Metrics Sourcing/Procurement/SRM Supply Chain Security & Risk Mgmt RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! To keep them moving, we can’t afford to ignore what the data is telling us.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

SupplyChainBrain Container Ship Explodes, Catches Fire Off Coast of India More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Lawyer for 737 Crash Victim Families Slams DOJ Deal with Boeing Quality & Metrics DHL Express Canada Workers on Strike Following Lockout Last Mile Delivery U.S.

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JUNE 13, 2025

Gives Permission for Drones to Patrol Railways Photo: Drone Major June 13, 2025 SupplyChainBrain The U.K. Is Paving the Way for Electric Planes, Urban Drones Is High-Speed Passenger Rail a High-Speed Route to Disaster for Americas Freight Railways? Gives Permission for Drones to Patrol Railways U.K.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2025

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg June 18, 2025 Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. Most work in warehouses packing and shipping items, but about 350,000 of them have corporate jobs. CEO Andy Jassy. Jassy encouraged employees to “experiment with AI whenever you can.” Amazon is the largest private U.S. employer after Walmart Inc.,

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

With the new year on the horizon, we’re finalizing 2025 supply chain strategies for our most important customers. We’ve compiled a list of the most popular big box retailers and everything CPG shippers need to know about delivering into them, working with retail buyers, and dominating the shelf in 2025. So, we made it easy.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Accenture ).

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Webinars Five Ways AI-Enabled Digital Twins Will Shape the Future of Supply Chains Technology Ships’ Electronics Increasingly Jammed Since Israel Struck Iran Global Gateways Watch: The Crisis in Access to Critical Raw Materials Supply Chain Visibility Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2025

Mastering Inventory in 2025: Key Trends Watch Webinar Now WATCH WEBINAR What is Stock Balancing? This was seen in global shipping disruptions in 2021, where firms faced lawsuits for failing to deliver goods on time. Inventory balancing is the strategic redistribution of inventory across different locations within a supply chain.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Define what compliance regulations your company needs to focus on and select metrics based on those. This metric is especially important in public procurement among government agencies. This metric helps your company identify inefficiencies in the procurement process. If the vendor is from the U.S.

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Locus

APRIL 13, 2023

With the UAE market having nearly 100% of the population with smartphone access, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry forecasts e-commerce to generate $8 billion in sales by 2025. ClickPost also helps businesses manage shipping-related challenges in e-commerce logistics.

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Freight Waves

JULY 1, 2025

Postal Service shipped fewer packages and letters by air and reduced spending by 43% in the first three months after UPS took over a primary air cargo contract from FedEx, but incomplete data collection makes it difficult to determine whether the carrier met on-time performance requirements, according to the agency’s inspector general.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Imagine that you own a truck and you receive an order from a soft drink manufacturer in Missouri to transport around 5000 kilograms of freight. Just as the arrival of Hybrid electric cars has been a complete game changer for automobile manufacturing industry, digital trucking is ready to change the way freight is transported forever.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 3, 2025

Home July 03, 2025 Smarter Packaging, Stronger Operations: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started Mary Hart , Sr. Track the Right KPIs Measuring ROI requires the right metrics. Content Marketing Manager Warehouses looking to automate often focus on upstream processes like picking and inventory movement.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

Photographer: Lisa Marie David/Bloomberg July 9, 2025 Bloomberg U.S. He has since sought to signal to investors and trading partners that he is committed to carrying out his tariff threats, vowing July 8 that “all money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 — No extensions will be granted” on country-specific levies.

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JUNE 9, 2025

In a world where tariff and shipping uncertainty can compress margins and flexibility overnight, the companies that can trust their inventory data and make fast, confident decisions will survive. This is exactly where inventory robotics employing artificial intelligence is reaching an inflection point in 2025.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Importers and exporters aren’t the only ones paying the price of tariffs. The reverberations from President Trump’s tariff war are being felt throughout global supply chains and trading countries.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

July 9, 2025 Ohio-based startup TuffAir has sued Amazon over claims related to intellectual property. TuffAir’s site states that it plans to launch in the fall, “with high performance aircraft, lean operations and a scalable model to connect overlooked freight corridors across the Midwest. Supply Chain Digest Says. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

Photo: iStock/JHVEPhoto June 23, 2025 SupplyChainBrain DHL Express Canada suspended its delivery service across the country June 20, as workers continue to strike, and new federal legislation banning replacement workers comes into effect.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 7, 2025

Photo: Bloomberg July 8, 2025 Bloomberg Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s vehicle sales declined in the second quarter, after trade tensions led by President Donald Trump’s tariffs dragged down demand in the U.S. The company produces large SUV models like the GLS and GLE at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and ships them to China.

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Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

million by 2025. Staff unavailability, material and component shortages, roadblocks, bottlenecks in transportation and high shipping costs, all contributed to this situation. Fashion retail’s logistics deadlock. Locus’ geocoder simplifies even the most complex addresses to put them on a map and quicken on-ground delivery operations.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

With 2025 tariffs increasing component costs, Apple has accelerated efforts to diversify its supply chain. Walmart reported a 5% rise in logistics costs due to longer shipping routes. A 2025 U.S. Following are five key approaches reshaping supply chains in 2025. A 2025 Deloitte study predicted that 40% of U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 3, 2025

Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg July 3, 2025 Bloomberg Microsoft Corp.’s s gaming division laid off hundreds of employees on July 2, part of a broader culling at the software company as it seeks to control costs. An Xbox spokesperson declined to confirm how many people were impacted, but the cuts were widespread and significant.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

Strikes on Iran Shipping on High Alert in Mideast After U.S. Strikes on Iran June 22, 2025 Bloomberg The shipping industry was placed on high alert on Sunday with warnings that Tehran could retaliate against commercial vessels following after U.S. Naval forces in the area warned that ships, especially U.S.-linked

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 7, 2025

Freight EV Adoption Remains Low in U.K. Photo: iStock/coldsnowstorm July 7, 2025 SupplyChainBrain The number of electric freight vehicles (EVs) on U.K. Photo: iStock/coldsnowstorm July 7, 2025 SupplyChainBrain The number of electric freight vehicles (EVs) on U.K. million freight vehicles in the U.K.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Increased tariffs mean higher prices for raw materials and finished goods, but shipping, storage and handling costs often increase too, which threatens small- to midsized business (SMB) profitability — especially when up against larger competitors with more resources. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

Another 22% said that theyve either reduced or delayed online purchases shipped directly from overseas due to tariff concerns. with 34% of consumers saying that theyve delayed making purchases until theres more certainty. with 34% of consumers saying that theyve delayed making purchases until theres more certainty.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2025

Lacking a quorum of at least three members as of June, 2025, the Board is temporarily limited in its ability to issue new decisions or reverse existing precedent. Heres the short version: The NLRB is a five-member board, but it currently has only two active members.

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Stord

AUGUST 26, 2024

This summer has only gotten hotter, but the freight market has certainly cooled off. Inside economist circles, there are both bulls and bears when it comes to a 2nd half freight market recovery, but both sides agree that we are indeed in a market transition, and that rates cannot go any lower. Reefer : Back to normal.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 11, 2025

Navy Issues Rare Warning to Ships Near Vital Hormuz Strait U.K. Navy Issues Rare Warning to Ships Near Vital Hormuz Strait Two oil tankers are seen at a distance in the waters of Strait of Hormuz in Hormuz Island, Iran. June 12, 2025 Bloomberg The U.K. Ships Return to Red Sea After Houthis Vow to Hold Fire U.S.

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