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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Some of these workers come from Mexico daily to jobs in places like Arizona and California for the production of leafy greens at this time of year. Combined inbound volume fell about 14 percent at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in December compared with a year ago, according to preliminary data from the ports.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan. Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Wall Street Journal ).

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This Week in Logistics News (June 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Port of Long Beach is open and operating today after issues over the weekend, although two of its six container terminals were closed for the day shift. Indeed, a recent model from the University of Arizona concluded that 2023 would see above-average hurricane activity, after two years of relatively mild storm seasons.

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Automation is here and transforming logistics

Resilinc

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is trying to stop the next round of automation at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles because it will eliminate jobs. Marine terminal automation is “the most contentious issue facing longshore unions on the West and East coasts of North America,” wrote JOC.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, TuSimple announced that one of its fully autonomous semi-trucks completed an 80-mile run in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Transportation and law enforcement officials supervised the trip. The run occurred in the evening, starting from a railyard in Tucson and finishing at a distribution center in Phoenix.