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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. China’s government has so far not commented on the new sanctions or on the news of the flying object, nor responded to questions. On February 4, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

After around-the-clock negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday that freight railway companies and workers had reached a tentative agreement that will avert a rail shutdown that could have paralyzed the economy. The cutoff dates apply to shipments moving within the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii.

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3 Ways State Marijuana Legalization Impacts the Trucking Industry

GTG Technology Group

In the trucking industry, it will represent a new freight carrying opportunity. According to the federal government, marijuana is still a Schedule I narcotic, making it illegal for possession, sale, or consumption. H ow Marijuana Legalization Impacts the Trucking Industry. However, it also represents another drug testing challenge.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. The climate is mostly temperate, but Alaska is arctic, Florida and Hawaii are tropical, and the Great Plains are mostly arid or semi-arid. Annual freight traffic equaled about 37.22 The government is stable and business laws are consistent. billion mt-km in 2015.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Texas announced a renewed push for cargo-truck inspections last month as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” plan to deter illegal border crossings and drug smuggling amid what he says is a lack of enforcement by the federal government. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states.