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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. Some US manufacturers, however, have resorted to airlifting supplies from China at a premium price. It is also airlifting parts from China to its Vietnam operations.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently. A recent Journal of Commerce survey found more than 65 percent of shippers surveyed said they planned to ship less cargo through U.S. Roughly half of all U.S. East Coast Ports Growing. East Coast Ports Growing. ’s East Coast.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently. A recent Journal of Commerce survey found more than 65 percent of shippers surveyed said they planned to ship less cargo through U.S. Roughly half of all U.S. East Coast Ports Growing. East Coast Ports Growing. ’s East Coast.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Amazon currently lists about 17,700 full-time vacancies on its website, about 920 in the logistics and transportation sector. About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters. These positions are focused on operational roles for rapid manufacturing, inventive packaging, and fulfillment.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. To eliminate some of this traveling BMW’s R&D group developed a Personal Mover solution—a one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site. Content Summary: Autonomous Boats Could Ferry Cargo in Busy Cities.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push.