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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

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UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput. The initiative will eliminate 20 million manual scans daily for UPS employees loading its package cars. Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots.

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Hurricane Florence Update: Impacts, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

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UPS postponed deliveries and pickups in evacuation zones, but is helping large customers make contingency plans for packages that are in risk zones. Response: State of Emergency declarations were already made in the states of Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 11 – 17)

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The companies said Wednesday that the collaboration will use Ford Escape hybrids with Argo AI technology for Walmart deliveries in Miami, the District of Columbia and Austin, Texas. The jobs include full and part-time positions, such as package handlers and drivers.

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Can Officers and Employees be Held Personally Liable for Customs Violations?

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25 Packages of Panama Hats) that broadly interpreted the term “introduce” in a prior Customs penalty statute. Court of International Trade; the New York Bar in 1978; the District of Columbia Bar in 1988; and the U.S. Specifically, the CAFC cited a 1913 Supreme Court decision (U.S. Supreme Court in 1995.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

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According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. The refurbished products have been inspected, tested, and cleaned, Walmart said.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

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Royal Mail will start using drones to deliver packages. Late Tuesday night, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanded an emergency fuel waiver allowing 12 states and the District of Columbia to sell off-spec gasoline through the end of the month to alleviate shortages caused by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.

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In Memoriam: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.”[3] At Columbia, she became the first female professor to earn tenure. She held her Columbia professorship until 1980, when she accepted President Jimmy Carter’s appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. ” It’s a fitting tribute to Justice Ginsburg.

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