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Smart and Sustainable Freight: The Role of AI in Green Supply Chain Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

The global freight sector faces growing pressure to balance cost-efficiency with environmental responsibility. With freight transport accounting for a significant share of global emissions, efforts to improve logistics now extend beyond operational metrics to include resilience, regulatory compliance, and climate performance.

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How Good is Your Logistics Service Provider?

Logistics Viewpoints

But in the context of the Shippers Council, the shipper is the cargo owner (or BCO beneficial cargo owner), usually a manufacturer, who contracts with a logistics service provider (LSP), which, in the Councils definition, can be a transportation (land, sea, air) company, an express company, a forwarder, or a full-fledged 3PL.

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Hybrid IoT Networks: Integrating Multiple Communication Technologies for Seamless Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

But with the explosion of IoT devices across transportation, warehousing, and distribution, logistics providers face a critical challenge: how to ensure continuous, reliable, and cost-effective communication across diverse physical environments and use cases.

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Insider threat cargo theft cases rose in Q2, expert says

Freight Waves

During the second quarter of this year, the frequency of incidents involving thieves acting upon inside information has been rising, according to Tony Pelli, global director of supply chain resilience at BSI Consulting. In North America, Mexico had the most overall cargo theft incidents at 63% during the quarter, the U.S.

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Mathematical Optimization: Supply Chain Management by the Numbers

Supply Chain Brain

What makes it mathematical,” Yurchisin explains, “is what comes out of it when you develop a problem, go from beginning to end, then get what’s guaranteed to be the one global optimal solution — there is nothing better.” “If

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Borderlands Mexico: DP World sees big logistics opportunities across Latin America

Freight Waves

This week: DP World sees big logistics opportunities across Latin America; Aerospace manufacturer plans $120M expansion in Texas; and Third-party logistics provider plans warehouse near Houston. Our priorities include freight forwarding, contract logistics, warehousing, and multimodal transport solutions that serve the vital Mexico-U.S.

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Warehouse P2G Robotics: A Flexible and Affordable Solution

Supply Chain Brain

The warehouse, meanwhile, has been elevated from afterthought to a central player, as new demands and responsibilities are placed on supply chains — from small-batch wave picking and reverse logistics to deeper supplier collaboration, and tariff and sustainability compliance. Just be prepared for anything and keep going.