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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

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Over the last six years, Class I freight railroads — which include BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific — have hemorrhaged a combined 45,000 workers, according to the Surface Transportation Board. This shift in strategy has been referred to as “ friend-shoring.”

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

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Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. .

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

The Looming Great Allocation In conjunction with the Jackson Hole Symposium held last week and organized by The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , a research paper titled: Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation ” was released. import share in auto parts, glass, iron and steel products. supply chain activity.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

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billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. In total, the company will source enough renewable energy in Europe to power the equivalent of more than two million homes a year. It will be on highway and surface streets, hauling actual freight. Shortage of ocean containers shows no sign of easing. CN offers $33.7