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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. In our last piece of autonomous vehicle news, the “world’s first” autonomous commercial cargo ship has successfully completed a near-500-mile voyage in the congested waters of Tokyo Bay, traveling without human intervention for 99 percent of the trip. That’s all for this week.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. Businessweek. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.25-3.1

Freight Plus

Warehouse closings in Aberdeen, Maryland; Edgerton, Kansas; and Rialto, California came as a surprise and a “body blow” to XPO, said their CEO Brad Jacobs. "We The carriers who serve their customers with real-time data via api are CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, Air France, KLM Cargo, Delta Cargo, and Lufthansa. Morgan analysts.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

The route is part of the the Kansas City Southern (KCS) network and is one of a few new options carriers like Maersk (the company Walmart contracts) have started to provide as an alternative to the West Coast port congestion. freight imports anytime soon. West Coast ports to Mexican ports by 2016.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Amid consistent predictions of a gradual decrease in spot container rates from industry leaders, the global container shipping industry is experiencing steep drops in spot rates — with the sharpest declines concentrated in trans-Pacific routes between Asian markets and the U.S. Steep Drop-Off in Spot Container Rates Surprise Industry Experts.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17 – 23)

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Panasonic plans to resolve the bottleneck in early 2024 when it starts producing the advanced cells at the $4 billion battery factory it’s building in Kansas. The work incidents generally haven’t delayed cargo movement, but officials say they worry that confrontations over work disputes could escalate.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 30 – February 5)

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Instead, he will lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into battle against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 55 th modern Super Bowl. Earlier this week, Keurig Dr. Pepper signed two regional initiatives with the Ellen MacAuthor Foundation’s global plastics pact for the US and Canada to focus on building a circular economy for plastics.