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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

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David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. And now on to this week’s logistics news. We have been planning early and leveraging investments in our people, infrastructure, transportation and technology made possible by the Delivering for America plan. It’s kind of silly.

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Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

The Logistics of Logistics

The ILWU is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada. OneRail use technology, data, and a marketplace of transportation options to greatly reduce costs, while improving the delivery experience. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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Green Transportation May Well Depend on the Success of Deep-Sea Mining

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EVs are an important part of the transition to a green transportation system. To reach carbon neutrality by 2050 a transition to green transportation is necessary. To stay below a 2-degree Celsius rise, the green transportation transition will be mineral intensive. Many consumers are transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs).

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

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Many argue that eCommerce is actually more sustainable than the traditional brick-and-mortar shopping model due to efficiencies in fulfillment and logistics. This likely does not account for the impact of reverse logistics.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

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Many argue that ecommerce is actually more sustainable than the traditional brick-and-mortar shopping model due to efficiencies in fulfillment and logistics. This likely does not account for the impact of reverse logistics. Thousand Fell Shoes is closing the loop in the footwear industry.

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LTL Carrier Profile: Con-Way Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

The other operating units are: Menlo Worldwide Logistics and Con-Way Truckload. Menlo Worldwide Logistics is Con-Way’s supply chain division. Menlo provides supply chain solutions including: transportation management, warehouse management, and information technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. That one is probably not a record he was hoping to break.