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With New Year Underway, Key Players Look Back On 2022

Intelligent Audit

For UPS , the end-of-year peak season shipping boom gave them a chance to strut their stuff, while for FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam, 2022 held challenge after challenge. The Logistics Managers Index (LMI) showed a reading of 36.9% DoorDash Announces Return Service to Meet Post-Holiday Demand For Reverse Logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. said its survey of 13 malls and outdoor shopping centers it manages across the U.S. Autonomous goods hauling has been seen as the future of logistics as it could increase truck utilization and boost transportation frequency between terminals.

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Gas Trucks U-turn as Shortage Shifts From Texas to Florida

Material Handling & Logistics

As long as Florida’s ports remain open, deliveries of fuels from so-called Jones Act tankers, or ships with permission to move supplies between two U.S. Last week, ships that normally move fuel from the Gulf Coast to Florida headed north to New York and Philadelphia to load from those ports instead.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), which has been conducting an annual survey on Mother’s Day spending since 2003, as more people are getting vaccinated and stimulus checks are being distributed, consumers are going all out for moms this year. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Shoppers plan to spend $220.48