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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retail giant has launched a program to recruit and train college graduates to become store managers, promising a starting wage of at least $65,000 a year and an accelerated two-year track into the top store job. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

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For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. The Port of New Orleans and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad received a grant from the EPA that will fund 40% of a project to retrofit a diesel train with a cleaner engine. This number fell by 5.4%

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Intermodal on the Rise in Mexico

Talking Logistics

The change is most evident for cross-border intermodal shipments between the United States and Mexico: In the past, an intermodal train originating in Chicago, for example, used to stop at the border [before crossing into Mexico]. Today, these trains are documented at the origin ramp [in the U.S.]

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, the largest supercomputer in the world for AI training has just been unveiled. employees will participate in training that would help them safely serve our customers if there is a labor disruption. employees will participate in training that would help them safely serve our customers if there is a labor disruption.