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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nestle has partnerships with ADM and Ardent Mills, the two primary wheat flour suppliers for DiGiorno products, to support wheat farms in Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota and Indiana. The renewed strike at 30 Canadian ports has been called off, for now, after a see-saw of work and walk-outs.

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Echoes of the Past Reverberate With Historic Stagecoach Shipment

Freight Center

Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California. Our experts can help you ship even the most unique cargo. John Butterfield was already an experienced stage line operator on the east coast when he was awarded a contract by the Postmaster General to provide semi-weekly mail service from Memphis, Tennessee and St.

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Videos & Visions: Of Electrifying the Last Mile for E-Commerce Delivery

Supply Chain Network

We often say that many in the logistics and supply chain industry “Are from Missouri!” Gnewt Cargo is an all electric Last Mile delivery provider started in the UK in 2008 and the Founder Matt Linnecar shares the following case study on Gnewt Cargo from the eDrive conference.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

BrightDrop, which plans to sell electric pallet movers this year and an electric cargo van next year, will deliver 500 FedEx delivery vehicles this year. In Missouri, where Smithfield owns meat plants and hog farms, state officials encouraged the company’s moves.

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Digitized Trucking: Turning The Logistics Value Chain Upside Down

GlobalTranz

Imagine that you own a truck and you receive an order from a soft drink manufacturer in Missouri to transport around 5000 kilograms of freight. Welcome to the Grand Era of Digitized Trucking! .