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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers. went out of business in 2023.

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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. Key Takeaways: The Kodiak Story.

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How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market

DAT Solutions

Now there is a push to capture a higher percentage of the gas, and changing it to a liquid form (LNG) reduces its volume 600 times, making it easier to transport by road, rail, or ship. Hopper cars will carry the plastics to packaging facilities in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.

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

Talking Logistics

Kuebix Surpasses 10,000 Companies Using Its Transportation Management System (TMS). to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air transportation in populated areas.” Rail, One of the Transportation Granddaddies, Still Relevant.

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What Happens To Your Freight During A Natural Disaster?

Freight Center

This could be from debris or flooding, especially since freight trucking is the most common mode of transport. 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. Hobby Airport, for several days.

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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.