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UPS to team with tech firms for study on truck congestion
The four-month study in Chicago will find places and times when congestion from delivery trucks worsens or when gridlock makes delivery more difficult.
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Maersk is about to shake things up
The company pledged to reveal details of its reorganization by September 2018. The time has come.
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FedEx leans on automation to handle record-breaking peak season
Executives say that employees can hardly be seen at FedEx's automated sorting hubs.
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Tariffs on $200B worth of imports from China start Sept. 24
The duties will start at 10% and rise to 25% at the beginning of 2019.
UPDATED: Sept. 18, 2018 at 9:55 a.m.
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UPS will hire 100K seasonal employees
The figure is an increase of more than 5% from past years, when the company hired 95,000 workers each season.
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Oakland's second-largest port terminal to start night gates
TraPac will open its gates to truckers Monday through Thursday evenings starting Oct. 15 to "accelerate containerized cargo flow."
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Trucking capacity on the rebound from ELD mandate dip
With some segments adjusting to electronic logging devices, there may be some trucking capacity left to be realized in a booming economy, says the Cass Freight Index.
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Driver retention requires more than a week of appreciation
Truckers welcome a free hat or a hot dog during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, but what they really want may be harder for shippers and carriers to deliver.
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Reno, Nevada conducts FAA-approved drone delivery flight
During the test, a single pilot simultaneously flew several drones from company Flirtey to deliver automated external defibrillators.
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From Los Angeles to Hamburg, 7 ports team up to fight climate change
Led by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, ports in Spain, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and the U.S. are working together to reduce global emissions.
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Trump signs law suspending tariffs on 1600 products
The temporary exemptions apply to several chemical products, but they do not reverse tariffs on $50 billion worth of imports from China.
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Timeline: How Hurricane Florence is agitating supply chains
Higher logistics costs, plant shutdowns. Even days before the storm reached the shores of the eastern seaboard, supply chains were being disrupted by Hurricane Florence.
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North Carolina ports hit hardest by Florence
All other affected ports are open today and resuming full operations, as Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a tropical depression.
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Ikea moves up the timeline for for 'zero emissions' in last-mile delivery
Electric delivery vehicles are one step on the road to eventually reaching carbon positive status, according to Ikea.
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Nestlé will use satellites to protect palm oil supply chain from deforestation
Controversy surrounding palm oil has pushed many food manufacturers to take a closer look at responsible sourcing.
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Kuehne + Nagel adds blockchain to shipment weight portal
Built-in transparency and security make blockchain a natural fit to help comply with shipping regulations.
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New joint-employer rule could end contractor confusion
The National Labor Relations Board proposed new standards for contract work, in a step toward clarifying whether a temporary employer is directly liable for labor.
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HOS the most common driver violation in this year's Roadcheck
More than 2,600 drivers were put out of service this year, with hours of service accounting for more than 40% of those penalties.
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UPS zeros in on 'super hubs,' high-margin shipments to grow business
With faster, more automated parcel sorting, UPS seeks to be an early adopter of technology to stay ahead of the competition.
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Ports, carriers on alert as Florence makes landfall
Carriers are shifting or delaying calls as activity in affected ports will cease Friday with most looking to reopen Monday.
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FedEx to deliver 6 days a week year-round
The carrier has for years extended its delivery week during the holiday season, but beginning 2019, six-day weeks will be the norm at FedEx Ground.
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Overstock inks warehouse lease to fulfill 2-day shipping orders
The company, which unveiled private label furniture lines in recent months, is looking to unload its e-commerce business.
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Hurricane Florence could spike food freight costs
Even though consumers are stocking up on supplies, a Credit Suisse report found that the storm could create a challenging headwind for food makers' expenses.
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Why are warehouses slow to adopt WMS?
"Under the hood, some very well-known companies are a hot mess," said one expert.
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Carbon copy? Adidas' 3D-printed sneaker hints at new supply chain models
Adidas may have found a turning point in its manufacturing processes, as 3D-printing promises to slim its design-to-market cycle.
Operations