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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

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Anti-narcotics investigators have uncovered substantial amounts of the disguised drugs in the past two years as smugglers go to ever-more elaborate lengths to get illicit cargoes on board ships. The majority of the volume will fit within UPS’ existing U.S. daytime flight operations, EVP and CFO Brian Newman said.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

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Amazon announces its first fully autonomous mobile warehouse robot. Amazon has announced its “first fully autonomous mobile robot ,” meant to move large carts throughout its warehouses. One, called Cardinal, is a robotic arm that can lift and move packages weighing up to 50 pounds, which Amazon hopes to deploy in warehouses next year.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 29 – June 4)

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Amazon is installing “meditation booths” in warehouses. Sri Lanka braces for oil spill from sunken cargo ship. While the strategy has been discussed for nearly a year, Instacart has yet to begin testing it. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.