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U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Enacting Multi-Day Job Actions

Supply Chain Matters

The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Bloomberg reported similar disruptions observed in ports in Tacoma and Seattle.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 25-29, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Seattle startup Flexe pulls in $14 million from investors (The Seattle Times). Booking a flight has been electronic for 50 years, but the cargo on airplanes, trucks, and ships is still booked manually. Whether it’s in trucking or freight forwarding, technology-led startups are looking to change the status quo in transportation.

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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. European electronic component distributor TTI says it is using air cargo companies UPS, FedEx, and DHL to mitigate the impact of holdups in China. The Food Industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times). Subscribers use Datamyne’s web-based solutions and business intelligence tools to augment, speed up and simplify trade data research, and to shape global marketing, prospecting, and sourcing strategies. Uber Freight Just Launched and Trucking Will Never Be the Same (Inverse).

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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. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Measuring the Imbalances*. In the United States, the Pandemic has yet to Peak. Ocean Freight.

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