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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retail giant has launched a program to recruit and train college graduates to become store managers, promising a starting wage of at least $65,000 a year and an accelerated two-year track into the top store job. This shortfall is impeding efforts to transport goods and, in doing so, further hobbling an already-delicate supply chain.

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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. According to analysis by freight research firm FTR Transportation Intelligence , Hurricane Harvey will strongly effect over 7% of U.S.

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

Supply Chain Matters

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. lawmakers had expressed concerns that with supply chains already highly constrained, the CP Rail stoppage would create an added transportation crisis for import as well as export flows. Canadian and U.S. Further, U.S.

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Regulator: Moving Hazardous Chemicals by Train is Far Safer Than Trucks

Supply Chain Brain

Oberman led the transportation board in approving the $31 billion merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, which will have steep repercussions for Chicago-area communities, citing safety as one of the chief reasons.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. Ports across the country are updating their progress on clean air goals for both rail and truck transportation.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

In the summer months, they also run around 500 flights to transport children to summer camps like Camp Kindle (a camp for kids affected by HIV/AIDS), Champ Camp (a camp for burn survivors) and The Painted Turtle (a camp for children with serious medical conditions), among others. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area.

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Can you WFH & Walk?

NC State SCRC

Consider whether or not you would see such opportunities by looking at charts and graphs… The gymnast’s turnaround Alan Mulally was figuratively and literally a gymnast (at least during his time at the University of Kansas). Moller – Maersk , “ an integrated transport and logistics company ”, lists job vacancies on their website.