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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

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Supermarkets were forced to ration a range of fruit and vegetables earlier this year due to poor weather in Europe and Africa leading to shortages. terawatt-hours of solar electricity annually — with the greatest potential in California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Georgia, per the report. Generating the full 185.6

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Hurricane Florence: What We Know About the Year's First Major Storm

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Additionally, category 2 storm Helene, currently off the coast of Africa, is expected to crawl towards Europe after losing speed. Hurricane Florence’s path may affect over 4,000 manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Carolinas and Georgia, potentially impacting suppliers to multiple sectors.

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Hurricane Florence: What You Need to Know About the Year's First Major Storm

Elementum

Additionally, category 2 storm Helene, currently off the coast of Africa, is expected to crawl towards Europe after losing speed. Hurricane Florence’s path may affect over 4,000 manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Carolinas and Georgia, potentially impacting suppliers to multiple sectors.

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Tesla is a Unicorn – There is Not Another One Out There

QAD

North and South America, East and Western Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. According to McCabe, 58 countries build light vehicles in six different regions.

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Gas Trucks U-turn as Shortage Shifts From Texas to Florida

Material Handling & Logistics

“We were long-hauling from Florida to Houston last week, and now we’re talking about going from Houston to Florida,” said Andy Milton, senior vice president of supply for Mansfield Oil in Gainesville, Georgia. That’s just the stupidity of the world we’re in right now.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

And a golfer unlike any other is looking to make history this weekend at the annual golf tournament played at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia: Tiger Woods. The Masters: a tradition unlike any other. Actually, Woods is looking at 2 records this weekend, one of which is more attainable than the other.

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Evans Celebrates Its 90th Year

3PL Insights

Charles Lindberg left on a 3,500-mile flight from Detroit, Michigan to Cape Horn, Africa. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. November 15 – The Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was completed and opened to traffic. The bridge had the longest suspended central span in the world until 1931.