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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution. Wendy’s is testing drone delivery in the Christiansburg, Virginia, market in partnership with DoorDash and Wing. In addition to stopping fake products from getting into the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

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Bridge linking US and Canada reopens after police remove last protesters. Highly lethal bird flu found in Kentucky and Virginia flocks. Last week, I wrote about the ongoing situation at the Ambassador Bridge , the busiest land border crossing between the US and Canada. And now on this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in March amounted to $141.9 Walmart announced it will be expanding its DroneUp delivery network to 34 sites by the end the year, providing the potential to reach 4 million U.S. and 8:00 p.m.,

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Commonwealth of Virginia Uses Ivalua’s Platform for Transformation of eVA Procurement System

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Redwood City, CA March 11, 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that the Virginia Department of General Services (DGS) has awarded a contract to CGI, which is using the Ivalua platform as the technology to support the transformation of the Commonwealth’s eVA program.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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The neighboring port in Norfolk Virginia and other east coast ports like New York City can absorb the additional traffic without many complications or delays, but this incident provides an opportunity to discuss the importance of supply chain resilience. The port also handles coke, iron ore, and steel, which are related to the coal industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 14 – February 20)

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In particular, there were two large and destructive oil train derailments, one in West Virginia and another in Ontario, Canada. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported from the CSX derailment in West Virginia or the Canadian National accident […]. This Week in News'

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Thanksgiving 2018

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gallopavo silvestris, which today has a range that covers the eastern half of the United States and extends into Canada. Minnesota leads the nation in turkey production followed by North Carolina, Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, and Virginia. The pilgrims hunted and ate the eastern wild turkey, M.

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