Fri.Jan 31, 2025

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Ocean Carriers May Have to Pay a Fee in the Baltic

Supply Chain Brain

Authorities continue to investigate multiple cases where ships have allegedly dragged anchors across the sea floor, damaging cables and raising concerns about potential sabotage.

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Materials Handling in Australia

Logistics Bureau

Material Handling is the movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption, and disposal. As you can probably imagine, it’s critical in modern supply chains. Material handling equipment (MHE) includes everything from basic pallet jacks to sophisticated automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

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Oregon seeks delay of electric truck mandate

Commercial Carrier Journal

House Bill 3119 would delay the implementation of Oregon's adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule for two years.

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Northern Ontario residents deserve safer highways

Truck News

Folks in northern Ontario fear for their lives as trucks barrel along the roads that they use to take their kids to school and hockey games.

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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Spotlight On: Distribution Centre Design

Logistics Bureau

Many logisticians are keen to understand the basics behind effective distribution centre design. This is a complex area as there are scores of variables that have to be considered. So to help you along, without getting into tedious details, here are some proven rules of thumb that you can apply if you are designing a new warehouse or making changes to an existing facility.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 31, 2025)

Talking Logistics

Im driving down to CT today to have dinner with my mom. Its her 77th birthday. My mom was barely 18 when she emigrated to the United States from Cuba. She and her sister started working at the SweetN Low factory in Brooklyn, NY. Soon after, she met my dad (who also emigrated from Cuba. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 31, 2025) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Anti-fraud, CDL testing legislation introduced in Congress

Overdrive Online

One bill introduced in both House and Senate would restore FMCSA's authority to assess civil penalties against unauthorized brokers and other fraudulent entities, and more. Another, intro'd in the Senate, would streamline CDL testing.

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A Must-Read for Supply Chain Leaders: The Definitive Guide to Adaptive Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Brain

Disruptive global events, fluctuating demand patterns, and rising customer expectations are pushing traditional supply chain planning systems to their breaking point. Download the Definitive Guide to Adaptive Supply Chain Planning and take the first step toward future-proofing your supply chain.

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Gabrielle Macy to Drive Administrative Excellence at Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics, a leading, nationwide third-party logistics provider (3PL), is thrilled to announce the appointment of Gabrielle Macy as its Vice President of Administrative Services. Macy comes to Trinity Logistics with a well-rounded history of roles that made her an optimal choice for the position. She brings nearly 20 years of extensive experience in administrative leadership and organizational development.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Automotive Suppliers Outlook for 2025: Key Trends and Challenges

Supply Chain Brain

S&P Global Mobilitys new whitepaper, Automotive Suppliers Outlook for 2025, reveals key takeaways and quotes from the executive interviews, offering insights into how each company plans to approach disruption in the years ahead.

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'Fines' in brokers' contracts incentivizing speed, fatigue?

Overdrive Online

Brokers may be as optimistic as their carrier partners about freight markets ahead, yet too many are going to great lengths to hold fast to as much revenue as they can -- at the expense of carriers and, plenty owner-ops say, bedrock safety, too.

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Whole Foods Sets New Code of Conduct for Fishing Worker Conditions

Supply Chain Brain

O ne out of every five fish is caught through illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in conditions where abuses of workers are common, according to a United Nations estimate.

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Supply Chain & Logistics News January 27th- 30th 

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply Chain & Logistics News January 27th- 30th The week started hot with a potential trade war with one of the US’s biggest trading partners, Colombia but was avoided luckily. The supply chain landscape continues to evolve with major investments, technological advancements, and shifting trade policies shaping global logistics. Walmart Canada is making its biggest investment in three decades, strengthening its retail and distribution footprint.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Why Your Next Manufacturing Facility Should Be Located Closer to Your Customers

Supply Chain Brain

Getting closer to customers has become a major priority for manufacturers that are looking to reduce transportation costs and delivery times. Expectations for faster delivery have risen thanks to the Amazon effect. Add in disruptions from recent years the pandemic, geopolitical instability, extreme weather, trade issues, labor unrest and you have a mandate for the increasing realignment of supply chains, production and sourcing.

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Strategic Guidance for Navigating the Trump Administration’s Potential Tariffs

Logistics Viewpoints

The Trump administration is considering 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on goods from China to address trade imbalances and protect domestic industries. These tariffs will raise costs, disrupt supply chains, and force companies to rethink sourcing and logistics strategies. Businesses must act immediately to safeguard operations, contain financial risks, and maintain supply chain stability.

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How Safety-Driven Transportation Providers Deliver High-Ranking Advantages

Supply Chain Brain

As a shipper, you know that safety has a direct impact on your supply chain, business operations, and costs. The right carrier will have a good reputation for safety and should be able to easy demonstrate the protocols that protect your brand, your freight, and the public.

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3 Shipping Industry Decisions by Trump: Gulf of Mexico, Panama Canal, and Paris Agreement

MTS Logistics

After Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th U.S. president, his first speech included three important policy positions that affect the shipping industry: wrestling back control of the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and exiting the Paris Agreement. Control of the Panama Canal President Trump promised to wrest back the Panama Canal from Panamanian control.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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6 Ways to Improve Packing and Packaging in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

This white paper highlights key areas of improvement to pack more efficiently, in the right size box while reducing costs and shipping sustainably.

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