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Strategic cargo theft is a rapidly growing concern

Freight Waves

The thieves then redirect the cargo to alternate locations, often cross-docks, where they begin laundering the freight by changing documentation and descriptions as it moves through multiple facilities. The human on the other end of the line says, ‘what’s your favorite barbecue place in Memphis?’ The scammer couldn’t answer.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 25-29, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. Announces the Acquisition of ADS Logistics. FedEx Ground loses new legal round with labor (Logistics Management). The Newegg Express service is only available to customers that live within 50 miles of the company’s City of Industry warehouse in Los Angeles. req’d)).

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FedEx robot improves parcel sorting at Cologne airport facility

Freight Waves

The robot is the first of its kind in FedEx’s European network and highlights the company’s focus on using technology to automate logistics functions, the company said Friday in a news release. The machine primarily sorts documents and smaller parcels up to 8.8 FedEx Corp. The robotic arm, manufactured by Hellebrekers B.V.,

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Trucking Industry Crime Surge: 50 High-Stakes Incidents

Freight Waves

Colorado’s growing logistics activity and lack of truck stop monitoring enabled this felony theft, likely an inside job exploiting shipment data. Context: Glendale’s proximity to Los Angeles, a logistics hub, attracts crime, with strategic theft up 430% in 2024. Context: Electronics, comprising 24% of 2024 U.S.

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FedEx Founder Fred Smith Dies at 80

Supply Chain Digest

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. Operations began in 1973 with 14 aircraft, and a package hub in Memphis.