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This Week in Logistics News (March 30 – April 5)

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This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible in the provinces of Canada since February 26, 1979, the first in Mexico since July 11, 1991, and the first in the United States since August 21, 2017. It will also be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States until August 23, 2044.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 4 – May 10)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. The company has a variety of robots that serve different functions within the warehouse. The company also started testing Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot called Digit in warehouses last year. billion, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau. 1 in trade with the U.S.

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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. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Maybe we will see cocaine turbines or solar panels.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 6 – 12)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. Retailers and manufacturers are flying more goods around the shipping crisis in the Red Sea , industry experts say, helping boost international airfreight operators after a long period of sagging cargo volumes. Now 27 ships navigate the Panama Canal each day, compared with 39 previously.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 16 – 22)

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First, Chinese robotic company Unitree has built a humanoid robot (H1) that has managed to break the speed record held by its mechanical counterparts. The robot can be seen melting down into a liquid form to move through bars, before it returns to a solid state once free. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Intel wins $19.5

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

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And now on this week’s logistics news. Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Ship operators and brokers say that at the start of 2022, there were around 50.5

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. Humans are meant to work alongside new machines in a way that should reduce injuries, the company says. The new program reduces the time it takes to fulfill an order by up to 25%, the company said, and it can identify and store inventory up to 75% faster.