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World Autism Awareness Day: A Letter from Ann Marie Sullivan, CEO of Spectrum Works

MTS Logistics

The event is the shipping and logistics industry’s largest biking event ever. The wonderful work of Spectrum Works provides job training to young adults with autism. All proceeds from our annual bike tour event go directly to Spectrum Works to support its mission and work. We thank you for your consideration!

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LogiMAT’s Kazander Takes Step Toward Retirement

Logistics Business Magazine

Kazander (67), a native Dutchman, joined EUROEXPO, a HUSS Group company, as Event Manager in 2003. Under his leadership, LogiMAT grew over the past 20 years from a small trade show at Stuttgart’s old Killesberg convention centre the most important international intralogistics event in the world.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Driving training programs overwhelmed by interest. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 Many smaller carriers that do not have training programs still require at least a year of experience. warehouses.

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Penske Truck Leasing Supports Skilled Trades at 2023 SkillsUSA National Conference

Penske Move Ahead

Penske will be showcasing a 100% electric 2024 Freightliner eCascadia at its Alternative Propulsion Station, which will be open to the public for the duration of the event to students, parents and instructors. Since joining Penske in 2013, he's been promoted several times and is now lead technician at Penske in Fargo, North Dakota.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. The first all double-stack train is developed by APL and UP Railroad. Over 100 double stack container trains, each a mile long, are now operating across U.S. Significance. 0 TEUs 0 meters long.

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‘Photography became my blood’

World Food Programme Logistics

34 young refugees participating in the WFP Storytellers training in Bidibidi settlement, Uganda. “I My journey to be who I am today started with a training, just like the one you are on now,” he says. “As Bullen and Spike were reunited after ten years during the 2018 WFP Storytellers training in Bidibidi. everything changed.

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Humanitarians should never be a target but unfortunately they still are

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP Story by Musa Mahadi For ten years Benjamin Nicholas Vuni, in his role as a senior security staffer with the World Food Programme in South Sudan, has trained colleagues and visitors alike in how to remain safe and survive attacks in the field while on mission. Benjamin remembers the events of the day vividly. “It