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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. California’s regulation allows credit transfers and requires manufacturers to make a growing number of zero-emission vehicles available from 2025 onward, reaching 75% of new Class 4–8 trucks for the 2035 model year.

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Alexander Graham Bell and the Evolution of Communications

QAD

And the effects of the use of mobile devices and enabled communications on manufacturing, for example, have been staggering. During his funeral, every phone in North America was silenced for one minute to pay tribute to him. The Evolution of Communications in Manufacturing. Who was Alexander Graham Bell? .

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4 The index that tracks ocean container movement from Asia to Western Europe increased to 116 days, reportedly a new record. US Logistics Index.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” The logistics provider has already deployed 3,000 AMRs globally with over 2,000 in North America.

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Podcast: Scott Donachie and Daniel Robin on the Evolution of Zero Waste

Requis

I saw the struggles a friend of mine had with his door-to-door compost collection business in New Jersey. I did a lot of research and found out that in New Jersey alone there are over 400 dormant landfills, and there’s a huge issue with waste. Maybe 15, 16 years ago it was seen as a wild new frontier.

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An Interview with Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser

CH Robinson Transportfolio

I’m speaking, of course, of the growing number of companies who are either making a choice to manufacture in America by never offshoring in the first place or moving manufacturing back to America from overseas. Moser: I’ve spent 45 years involved in the manufacturing industry in one way or another.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies will have to present strong documentation to the US Customs and Border Protection, beginning June 21, that no part of their products contain components sourced or manufactured in Xinjiang or by Uyghurs. Airlines in North America topped the growth chart in December, with international demand growing 20.5