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Understanding Conrail with Brian Gorton

The Logistics of Logistics

On April 19, 2021, Brian rejoined Conrail and was appointed President & Chief Operating Officer of Conrail Shared Assets headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, bringing with him over 30 years of railroad experience and expertise. In 2007, it expanded its operations from Northern New Jersey to Staten Island, New York.

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Is Fusion the Future of Energy? Part Two

Enterra Insights

As I discussed in Part One of this article, that achievement was certainly a breakthrough; however, it needs to be tempered with some stark truths about how difficult it is to scale and sustain fusion reactions. of Energy’s ARPA-E advanced technology program.”[7] ”[2]. Princeton has attracted over $2.5

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The environmental and social value of Vertical Farming

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Facing with these challenges, we are racing against time to develop sustainable food supply to feed the growing and ageing population with depleting water and land supply in the midst of climate change. . By reducing human touch from farming, crops are less likely to be contaminated with bacteria such as Listeria, Salmonella, or E.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

As e-commerce continues to surge, this seems like the right time to make this move. When the company can no longer reuse an item, it will find a sustainable way to the dispose of them. As more and more companies seek to eliminate waste, they have been redesigning their supply chains. The US trade deficit narrowed in April to $68.9

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

Requis

It also host sustainability events and a popular networking group. Daniel Robin is a senior managing partner of In3 Group , which funds projects that deliver social and/or sustainability benefits as well as profits. I saw the struggles a friend of mine had with his door-to-door compost collection business in New Jersey.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

The e-commerce provider touted its ability to serve merchants with self-operating warehouses, saying its automation capabilities allow it to extend the order cut-off time by an additional hour. The new facility will add more than 300 jobs and grow JD.com’s warehouse footprint to 1.3 million square feet throughout the state.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Freight brokerage has been powered by phone calls and emails for a long time, but it’s not a sustainable model any more. Coincidently, both SAP and Kuebix (which sponsored the e-book my post was based on) announced partnerships this week related to the topic. The common denominator is technology.