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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

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Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. As the driver shortage shows no signs of slowing down, and supply chain disruptions continue to affect industries around the globe, the push for these trucks is becoming stronger. Autonomous vehicles in the news: Embark Trucks completes autonomous driving tests in winter conditions.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 12-16, 2016)

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Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). The fallout from Hanjin’s bankruptcy continues, with $14 billion of cargo still stranded at sea. Cargo owners such as consumer products maker Dorel Industries Inc and the U.S. project44 Raises $10.5M

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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%. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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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. Upgrades For the Energy and Mining Industries. Are Mexico’s Port Investments Prescient or Presumptuous?

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Intermodal on the Rise in Mexico

Talking Logistics

First, you have to differentiate between general cargo and intermodal trains,” said Carlos. Today, these trains are documented at the origin ramp [in the U.S.] So, significant changes have occurred from a transit time perspective and in the levels of service and ramp options now available in Mexico.

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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. The auto industry was hit hard by the COVID pandemic, with factories shutting down and production grinding to a halt. And this could spread to other industries as well.