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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. The company will evaluate the work of its major manufacturing partners to decarbonize their Apple-related operations (including running on 100 percent renewable electricity) and will track yearly progress. billion, as revenue per piece shipped rose 8.6%, offsetting a 2.1%

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Panama Canal Expansion Boosts Freight in an Unexpected Place

DAT Solutions

The Panama Canal opened a new lane for larger ships this week, and East Coast ports have been expanding efforts to attract Asian imports that would otherwise arrive on the West Coast. The canal expansion has run into plenty of obstacles along the way, and many East Coast ports still aren’t ready to accommodate the larger ships.

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Big changes coming to the supply line, just not where you thought they’d be

Kinaxis

As reported by The Guardian a number of European truck manufactures recently collaborated on creating a convoy of more than six semi-autonomous (semi-autonomous because there was still a back-up human driver) trucks that drove from Sweden and south Germany to a port in Rotterdam, Netherlands. But the story doesn’t end there.

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Mexico Logistics: Manufacturing in Mexico, Distribution in the U.S.

West Coast and California Logistics

For many companies, Mexico has long been an ideal manufacturing location due to lower costs and close proximity to American consumers. To overcome these hurdles, many companies are enjoying the best of both worlds: manufacturing in Mexico and shipping finished goods to a U.S. logistics facility for distribution.

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Questions Companies with U.S.-Mexico Trade Should be Asking

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Consumers can now buy directly from overseas retailers and manufacturers, and with the increase in the de minimis value by Congress from $200 to $800, we increasingly see the U.S. When the Automated Commercial Environment system goes down in San Diego for two hours during produce season, or when the U.S.

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Ecommerce COVID-19 Advice: How to Manage Online Sales During COVID-19 [New Tips Updated Weekly]

ShipBob

COVID-19 ecommerce shipping and fulfillment FAQs. At the bare minimum, this includes acknowledging COVID-19 and your shipping status. If you had copy on your ecommerce site about shipping info, both warm and cold prospects won’t know if that’s up-to-date. What does your COVID-19 ecommerce shipping process look like?

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Omni-channel Emerging as Top Retail Logistics Issue

Supply Chain Network

December is now upon us and before we know it we’ll be starting off 2014 right, which means it won’t be long until we’re all gathering in San Diego Feb 23 rd to 26 th for RILA Supply Chain 2014. Rick Keyes, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Operations & Manufacturing, Meijer. Transforming the Distribution Environment.