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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

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Wing already handles drone deliveries at Walmart Supercenters in Frisco, Texas, and the Dallas area. The Port of Virginia has become the first US East Coast port powered by 100 percent clean energy, achieving its clean energy goal eight years ahead of schedule. Walmart unleashes ‘largest drone delivery footprint of any U.S.

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Winter Storm Alert: Ice Storms in the Making Across the US

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A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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Ahead of the April 8 total solar eclipse , which will stretch from Texas to Maine, some state transportation departments are advising truckers to consider staying off the roads as traffic is expected to be severely impacted by people traveling to see the astronomical event.

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How to Find a Fulfillment Partner with Joe Spisak

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Joe earned a bachelor’s degree in leadership and public policy, and a master’s degree in education from University of Virginia. About Fulfill.com Fulfill.com , headquartered in Austin, Texas is the #1 3PL marketplace to help brands find the right warehousing and fulfillment partner. Joe was a scholarship wrestler at UVA.

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MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics with Chris Caplice

The Logistics of Logistics

from MIT in 1996 in Transportation and Logistics Systems, a MSCE from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BSCE from the Virginia Military Institute. In this role, he pioneered the development of the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC). He received a Ph.D.

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

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According to weather.com, “more than 2 million Texas homes and businesses were without power Monday morning as record-breaking cold and Winter Storm Uri extended an icy grip across the central United States.” Parts of I-20 in Texas are closed. UPDATE: 02.15.21. Winter weather continues to impact multiple U.S. A crash on I-20 at U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Walmart announced it will be expanding its DroneUp delivery network to 34 sites by the end the year, providing the potential to reach 4 million U.S. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,