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Blue Yonder Acquires Pledge, Expanding Its End-to-End Supply Chain Platform With Accredited Carbon Emissions Reporting

Logistics Viewpoints

(Pledge) , including its global supply chain sustainability solution for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), enterprise supply chain leaders and logistics service providers (LSPs). Pledge provides software solutions to empower enterprise supply chain teams and LSPs to meet their sustainability goals and Scope 3 emissions reporting requirements.

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Cargo Theft: Know the Types and What To Do When It Happens

GlobalTranz

If your business ships freight , you never want to hear the words "cargo" and "theft" in the same sentence. Cargo theft is a hot topic and major concern in the logistics industry and has been on the rise in recent years. 1 Incidents of cargo theft don't just cost you time and money. What are the most common types of cargo theft?

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Smart and Sustainable Freight: The Role of AI in Green Supply Chain Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Common inefficiencies include empty return trips, poorly optimized delivery routes, and underutilized cargo space. A related challenge lies in emissions tracking and reporting. Green Cargo: Green Cargo, Swedens national freight rail provider, applies AI to enhance scheduling and reduce empty railcar movements.

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The Data-Driven Supply Chain: AI, Cybersecurity, and Real-Time Monitoring

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Maersk’s encounter with NotPetya malware required a full infrastructure rebuild and delayed cargo worldwide. These devices report location data in regular intervals, often augmented by geofencing logic to detect unplanned route deviations or idle time. However, benefits depend on data integration.

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Container rates surging as shippers rush ahead of deadlines – June 10, 2025 Update

Freightos

In air cargo, the plaintiff in a US court case challenging the White House’s suspension of de minimis eligibility for China – set to conclude in July – requested to expedite the trial after the court rejected a DOJ request to suspend the trial while other legal challenges to tariffs are pending.

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Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Brain

SCB Feature Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? AI will also come to the fore to help companies manage their carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability issues, especially reporting, Koganti said, and not least Scope 3 emissions, which are currently the bane of supply chain sustainability.

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How Good is Your Logistics Service Provider?

Logistics Viewpoints

But in the context of the Shippers Council, the shipper is the cargo owner (or BCO beneficial cargo owner), usually a manufacturer, who contracts with a logistics service provider (LSP), which, in the Councils definition, can be a transportation (land, sea, air) company, an express company, a forwarder, or a full-fledged 3PL.