Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. federal environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations such as the proposed SEC climate rules remain contested, while California (SB 253 ) and New York (A4123 ) have introduced climate disclosure laws. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 14, 2025

The university’s supply chain program is part of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, which offers a Master of Engineering in Logistics degree. Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Georgia Tech’s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute offers a Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering degree.

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Americold

JUNE 17, 2025

Search for: Customer Resources Associates i-3PL Change Region Contact Us Who We Serve Producers Retailers Food Service Providers What We Do Supply Chain Solutions Technology Transportation FAQs Facilities About Us Executive Bios Sustainability/ESG Americold Operating System Newsroom Cool It! The result? It’s also part of a broader journey.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2025

Typical supply chain risks include: Natural disasters: Earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and pandemics that halt production or transport. Operational risks: Supplier bankruptcies, poor quality control, or delays in logistics. Geopolitical issues: Trade wars, tariffs , political instability, or regulatory changes that affect sourcing.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 23, 2025

Winners demonstrated measurable operational transformations across industries, from transportation and logistics to government and education. Mexicana Logistics, winner of the Excellence in Physical Security award, saw an 80% reduction in emergency detection times and a 97% reduction in saddle thefts.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 19, 2025

It then delivers real-time risk scores and fraud alerts directly into existing transportation workflows, making prevention both scalable and actionable. This full-spectrum approach—monitor, detect, verify, and escalate—gives logistics providers a level of control and confidence previously unattainable in the freight industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 17, 2025

Danielle serves as Account Executive at Descartes MyCarrierPortal, the leading solution for carrier identity, onboarding, and monitoring in transportation. With a decade of experience in the logistics and transportation industry, Danielle brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in carrier sales and vetting. Register here.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It served as a market endorsement of hydrogen-electric powered Class 8 trucks as a strategy for sustainable-powered heavy-duty vehicles for long-haul transportation services. In our Supply Chain Matters commentary at that time , we noted that the announcement was significant from two dimensions.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 28, 2025

Colorado’s growing logistics activity and lack of truck stop monitoring enabled this felony theft, likely an inside job exploiting shipment data. Context: Glendale’s proximity to Los Angeles, a logistics hub, attracts crime, with strategic theft up 430% in 2024. California’s 45% share of U.S. Link: FreightWaves: Was the $1.4

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The war concluded with Mexico losing a significant portion of its territory, including present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Cross-Border Logistics Cross-border logistics has evolved as infrastructure along the Mexico and the US border improved – Most notable rail and road.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith Dead at 80 h 65 Cents That is the projected rise in California gasoline prices per gallon starting July 1, when several new gas taxes go into effect in the state. Amazon Stopping Fake Goods. May Freght is Flat, ATA Says. Estimates are that together these new taxes will take gas prices in the Golden state to $6.00

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

Implementing this technology for heavy-duty trucking, which moves 70% of all goods in the country and is responsible for 23% of total emissions from transport, is particularly challenging, given the requirements of energy and infrastructure. total truck fleet operates in California and Texas alone. at 29% of the total.

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EFT

JUNE 16, 2025

Fast-fashion retailer Shein's transport emissions jump in 2024 Shein's carbon emissions from transporting products climbed 13.7% in 2024, the online fast-fashion retailer's sustainability report showed on Friday, and its 2023 transport emissions were 18% higher than previously reported after a recalculation.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

Shipowners now have to pay about 1% of a ship’s value if they want to pass through the Red Sea, said Marcus Baker, global head of marine cargo and logistics at Marsh McLennan, the world’s largest insurance broker. That’s up from 0.2% in recent months, a period when there had been a lull in attacks. Ships with associations to the U.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

I have often written about legal issues and battles in California, as the state has been in the news for its warehouse and trucking emission rules, independent contractor rules for gig workers, and union disagreements at ports. Well, this week, I saw a new story about a bill in California that is turning heads.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

That means that we are getting ready for the annual holiday logistics bonanza. As we’ve done in years past, let’s check in to see how some of the largest logistics providers and retailers are handling the holiday logistics rush. Here are the deadlines to keep in mind for your own holiday logistics planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., The new parcel stations will allow Walmart’s private fleet to transport even more online orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Because going around Africa takes longer, shipping companies have had to add more vessels to ensure that they can transport goods on time and without cutting volumes. Hyundai delivered 30 of its fuel cell trucks to Northern California. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The California Trucking Association (CTA) has filed its request for a new preliminary injunction to block AB5 from the state’s trucking sector — again — using an argument that at times seems more economic than legal: The law won’t work. California is a major logistics hub for these items.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Background on Ocean Transport. The landlocked ports of Southern California are especially problematic. The California landlocked ports struggled with unloading the larger ships.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Alibaba has officially introduced its Logistics Marketplace, providing U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to affordable and customizable logistics services to streamline their supply chains and gain global reach with greater ease. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Around 30,000 of the available jobs will be in California, Amazon said. We have been planning early and leveraging investments in our people, infrastructure, transportation and technology made possible by the Delivering for America plan. The jobs will be available across the U.S.,

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2023

Mike Jarrett and Joe Lynch discuss success in retail logistics. Mike is the Founder of Jarrett , a leading 3PL providing transportation and logistics solutions. As a leading multimodal 3PL, Jarrett provides transportation, logistics, warehousing, and fleet services for customers throughout North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

The excess capacity includes warehouses in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Atlanta, according to an article in Bloomberg.com that referenced anonymous sources. The US Department of Transportation reported that transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in March amounted to $141.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 billion for Bollore logistics unit Retailers Tackle Cardboard Overload With Made-to-Fit Boxes Robust.AI billion) for the logistics unit of Bollore.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

” And now on to this week’s logistics news. Gretchen McCarthy, Target’s chief global supply chain & logistics officer, said Target has to keep up with customer expectations — namely getting online purchases conveniently and quickly. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Logistics industry growth slowed in October. Modesto, California-based Save Mart announced that Save Mart banner stores in Lathrop and Ceres, California now offer two-hour grocery delivery via Amazon. The transportation capacity index edged up 1.3 The Save Mart Cos.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Hawaiian Airlines has commenced operating a second Airbus A330-300 cargo jet for Amazon on a new route between New York’s JFK airport and the company’s West Coast air logistics hub in San Bernardino, California, the company reported. The initiative is allocating nearly $1.5

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

They have been successful enough with their fulfillment capabilities that they are no longer just a direct-to-consumer retailer; they are also a third-party logistics provider. To support these surges, the direct-to-consumer retailer built a 600,000-square-foot warehouse in Chino, California, in 2018. Mr. Van Erlach explained.

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MARCH 24, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets. The company is opening a third self-operating warehouse and distribution center in California as it looks to grow its US logistics arm.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. helps it facilitate the rapid transport of packages. It strives to reduce waste and increase energy efficiency at its facilities and transportation fleet. Patrick’s Day Boston run, I took my son to his first concert to enjoy the Celtic-punk loudness that is the Dropkick Murphys.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, California Lt. Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Port of Kahului is fully operational, and interisland freight and transport company Young Brothers noted in an Aug. The shipping company is currently working with government agencies, customers and partners to coordinate the transport of relief supplies. 11 release.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. California readies regulations for zero-emission truck fleets. Here are some of the higher profile announcements around sustainability initiatives: AIT Worldwide Logistics set a net-zero emissions target for 2035 in its first sustainability report. Canada’s Walmart tries ring scanners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired GroundCloud, the creator of a cloud-hosted final-mile automation platform, for $138 million. The enterprises were added to a lengthy register of companies the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 17, 2023

Brian is the Founder of Port X Logistics , a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. About Brian Kempisty Brian Kempisty is the Founder of Port X Logistics, a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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