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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

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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. Good news is on the way, however.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

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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. Mexico’s $5 Billion Port Facelift. freight imports anytime soon. West Coast ports to Mexican ports by 2016.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17 – 23)

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And as consumers are beginning to think about their Halloween plans, retailers and manufacturers are looking much farther ahead to the holiday season. Operations there have been stymied by several government-mandated lockdowns during a COVID resurgence in the spring. It’s hard to believe that Halloween is just five weeks away.