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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Revenues increased 25 percent to $38 billion in the quarter compared to Q2 2016, but profits fell by 77 percent as the company continues to invest heavily in its various businesses, including its logistics and fulfillment network. Tesco launches nationwide same-day delivery (Logistics Manager). Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

GEODIS, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is using exoskeletons to support and protect employees’ backs at its warehouse in Venlo, the Netherlands. Content Summary: First Self-Sailing Electric Cargo Ship Set to Launch. workspace://SpacesStore/ca4cc051-3c56-4fca-94e9-4c1a61196574. Media Image. transactionID.

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How are Christmas Trees Shipped?

Freight Center

Christmas trees are just like every other piece of freight cargo in the world and need to get from A to B the right way. Fun fact: The Christmas tree variety selected for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City is a Norway Spruce from the village of Florida in Orange County, New York.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.