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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Dali , the container ship that left the Port of Baltimore in the early hours of March 26, before crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, toppling a portion of it, set sail despite its “unseaworthy” conditions, according to a Monday court filing from the city of Baltimore. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda.

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Vaccines are the Utility Needed for the Global Economy

NC State SCRC

In an article in t he Politico, the (somewhat) obvious point is made that the Biden administration is finally recognizing that there is not enough manufacturing capacity in the US to produce booster shots that will be needed to combat the new onslaught of variants coming out of Brazil, the UK, and even New York and California.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]

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Parcel Volumes Decline But Revenue Increases for FedEx and UPS

Intelligent Audit

Meanwhile, UPS is bringing online two automated hubs— in Pennsylvania and California—and rolling out RFID tagging for each package, automated bagging and labeling, and robotic small sort induction. In addition, many are expanding service areas. AxleHire now has last-mile operations in 16 of the top 25 metro areas in the U.S.