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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. The German company offers planes, trains and trucks to move goods globally.

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The Kodiak Story with Don Burnette

The Logistics of Logistics

Kodiak delivers freight daily for its customers between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, operating autonomously on the highway portion of the route, and also provides service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2018)

Talking Logistics

My wife often jokes that she is the VP of Supply Chain and Logistics in our family. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Uber teams with NASA to make flying cars a reality (CNN). Full block train, single or multiple containers, LCL shipments and oversized cargo are available options.

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What Happens To Your Freight During A Natural Disaster?

Freight Center

The logistics industry is ready when disaster strikes. Air shipments were re-routed through surrounding hubs—Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas/Fort Worth. Clearing train routes of brush to prevent the spreading of wildfire. It begs the question: what happens to your freight during a natural disaster? Securing the Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

The program will use an MBTA commuter rail train to create a rolling vaccination site that will make stops at stations in disproportionately impacted communities with low vaccination rates. This seems like a smart use of the trains which have seen significantly lower ridership over the last year. That’s all for this week.