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• Steering the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

  By Keith J. Bucklew / www.inboundlogistics.com / July 2022 Keith J. Bucklew, Freight Planning Practice Leader, HDR, keith.bucklew@hdrinc.com, 317-558-4933 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES COULD RESHAPE THE TRUCKIN...

• PITT OHIO Expands Service to New York State

  By Jeff Berman / www.supplychain247.com / August 23rd, 2022 Following an early July announcement in which it said it planned to kick off a New York State service expansion, effective in mid-August, Pi...

• 2022 Ocean Cargo Roundtable: Navigating the waves of unpredictability

  By Jeff Berman / www.logisticsmgmt.com / August 8th, 2022 The fluctuating nature of the ocean cargo market continues to mirror the state of the global economy. This simple fact is evident in things li...

• Severe Weather in Philadelphia, PA May Cause Package Delays

  Severe weather has caused a disruption in operations at Philadelphia, PA. As a result, scheduled delivery times for a limited number of Air and international packages may be affected. Contingency plan...

• Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warns of the ‘scary’ supply chain scenario that would lead to a ‘deep and immediate’ U.S. recession

  By Eamon Barrett / www.newsbreak.com / July 21st, 2022 Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations. Semiconductors are ...

• Warehouse Workers Want Technology to Help Them Do Their Jobs, Finds Lucas Systems Study

  By Eugene Demaitre  / www.robotics247.com / June 29th, 2022 Lucas Systems is working with Fetch Robotics (now part of Zebra Technologies) for human-robot collaboration in warehouses. Wakefield Researc...

• The Impact of Inflation on the Electronics Components Supply Chain Industry

  By Mario McKellop / www.supplychain247.com / July 5th, 2022 The global inflation wave is also impacting multiple sectors, including the electronic components industry, logic, linear, discrete, advance...

• Transport stocks keep falling as analyst says a freight recession is ‘likely inevitable’

  By Tomi Kilgore / www.marketwatch.com / April 9th, 2022 BofA downgraded 9 transport stocks including UPS, which suffered an 8th-straight decline Wall Street’s recent disdain for the transportation sec...

• FedEx ships 52 tons of medical aid for Ukrainians affected by invasion

  By Nick Papadimas / www.localmemphis.com / June 27th, 2022 (FedEx Photo) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-based FedEx and Direct Relief are continuing to support those affected by the conflict in Ukraine. Thi...

• STB issues service ‘directive’ to U.S.-based Class I railroad carriers

  By Jeff Berman / www.logisticsmgmt.com / March 10th, 2022 The STB said it will direct and require certain railroads to submit service recovery plans and also additional data and regular progress repor...