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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. remains unclear.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Domino’s pizzas now delivered with autonomous cars in Houston. Los Angeles-based startup URB-E is looking at ways to move goods at a lower price point in crowded cities. The company is now partnering with Nuro in Houston to make robocar deliveries. Beta Technologies to supply UPS with electric vertical aircraft.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. The queue fell through the spring as Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, improved their cargo flows. It has gradually declined since then.