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Executives from Wayfair, Tractor Supply, Target, Amazon, Fanatics, Berry Direct and Apple will anchor a retail-focused program exploring how AI, technology and new fulfillment strategies are reshaping supply chain execution.
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Fuel surcharges are rising faster than carrier costs, adding millions to profits while retailers and manufacturers face higher shipping bills.
Lire la suite →What did I miss? I’ve been “off the grid” the past two weeks – the first one on vacation, the second one moving my youngest daughter into her dorm room…
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Wiliot’s Amir Khoshniyati explains how item-level tracking could help shippers detect cargo theft before products disappear.
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The biggest impact has been on wider Neopanamax vessels, which are typically used to ferry LPG from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asian customers.
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Arizona law enforcement coordinated two interstate stops after an investigator located a stolen trailer. Officers recovered roughly $400,000 in cargo within minutes. The post Arizona police recover $400K in stolen…
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Chassis shortages and local street closures are also contributing to rail and truck dwells that hit their highest in over a year in July.
Lire la suite →Reported U.S. cargo theft incidents rose 5% in Q2, with California and Texas accounting for more than half of recorded cases. Electronics led targeted commodities, while Southern California remained a…
Lire la suite →Rail carloads, at 235,885, headed up 3.2% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 296,577, rose 5.0%.
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Highway notified its customers this week in an email communication, that Motive had imposed new limits on the integration between the two platforms, telling compliance leaders that the electronic logging…
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“Secure it cheap now, rather than buying it later.” For years, this principle underpinned freight procurement strategies. However, that logic is becoming increasingly outdated, writes Bernhard Schmaldienst (pictured, below), Associate…
Lire la suite →Rail freight posts another solid week led by crude by rail, met ore The post Chemical shipments percolate in latest rail data appeared first on FreightWaves.
Lire la suite →Currently, Bangladesh has 35 certified green buildings and sustainable offices in various non-manufacturing sectors, and the concept is gaining more ground.
Lire la suite →China is pouring investment into Indonesia’s petrochemical industry. But will its stricter environmental standards at home apply abroad?
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Product identifiers are becoming a way to connect physical products with the operational and digital information businesses need throughout the supply chain.
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NASA hopes that crowdsourcing the design will spark ideas that go beyond traditional approaches, while providing the agency with more options to meet the challenges of lunar missions.
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Yusen Terminals will invest $200 million in zero-emission cargo handling equipment as part of the deal.
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Tushar Bhalla, chief technology officer with CloudPaths, relates how his company works with SAP to implement modern-day technology suites for the supply chain.
Lire la suite →El Niño is suppressing nutrient-rich ocean upwelling, reducing phytoplankton and disrupting the Pacific’s marine food web.
Lire la suite →In his third letter, COP31 president Murat Kurum unveils the Climate Implementation Bridge (BRIDGE), an initiative to help countries translate national climate plans into concrete, investment-ready projects.
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