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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

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Moller-Maersk A/S , the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines said it would work with Santa Monica, Calif.-based UP.Labs is a division of multi-strategy investment firm UP.Partners.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

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These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation), and those not within Amazon Air.

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Boeing 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Incident- Latest Update

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Background As highlighted in our original commentary , in early January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. The blown out aircraft door panel plug has subsequently been found in a residential backyard.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

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These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation), and those not within Amazon Air.

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Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident- Expanding Implications

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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an additional update on the incident involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft’s decompression. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg also indicated last week that regulators “ won’t be rushed ” into clearing the 737 MAX 9 model to fly again.

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Update on Boeing 737 MAX Fuselage Door Plug Incident

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As highlighted in our original commentary , an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to launch immediate investigations.

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Boeing’s Financial Performance- External Pressures Increase

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Management Commentary As we have noted in prior updates, the latest being last week , the incident of a near catastrophic blowout of an Alaska Airlines newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft has triggered a series of new events hat have added more scrutiny to Boeing ’s production and quality control processes.

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