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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Airbus and Singpost testing last-mile drone package delivery (Straits Times). GM to Build Facility for Self-Driving Cars, Add Employees (WSJ – sub. This hydrogen-fueled 18-wheeler at L.A., Long Beach ports emits only water from tailpipe (OCR). Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub. companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Seventy-three percent of supply chain professionals expect the event, which also known as Chinese New Year, to further disrupt the shipping industry this year, as opposed to 66 percent who said the same thing in 2022. The trend is truest for ocean freight rates from North Europe to the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

One-quarter of consumers plan to give “gifts of experience” such as tickets to a concert or sporting event. Drone deliveries have continued to gain steam, and a lot of the media attention has been around Amazon losing ground in the US. Amazon started contacting customers in Lockeford this week to ask them to opt in to drone delivery.