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China Inches Closer to Opening of Inland Canal

The Pinglu Canal will reportedly shorten inland waterway transportation by nearly 350 miles, reduce transportation costs by as much as $735 million annually.

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CK Hutchison Seeks $1.5B in Damages Over Seized Panama Ports

CK Hutchison is alleging that Panama violated an investment protection treaty as part of what the company described as a "state attack campaign."

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Walmart Reports Slowest Sales Growth in Years

Company executives said that they observed changes to shopper behavior when national average gas prices topped $4 a gallon in July.

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The Economist: China is Remaking Global Supply Chains

Chinese industrial parks, ports and airports are springing up all over, from Saudi Arabia and Hungary to Brazil and Indonesia.

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Five Grain Ships Struck Near Russian Black Sea Ports

Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks on each other’s commercial ships and ports in the Black Sea area, raising concerns about global grain supplies.

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Port of Los Angeles Tops 960K TEUs in July

Moving forward, Seroka predicted that it will likely be "steady as it goes" for the rest of 2026, with the port expecting to handle another 900,000 TEUs in August.

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Chinese Shipper Launches First Cargo Service Through Arctic

The 3,500 mile path cuts through the Arctic Circle, and more than halves the time it takes to sail between China and Europe.

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Coalition Moves to Counter Resurgence of Piracy

Although the coalition's efforts were largely successful in suppressing piracy over the last decade, renewed global instability has allowed the threat to reemerge.

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Born at the Dock: Plan With Execution Built In

Born at the Dock argues that a supply chain plan is not complete when software approves it; it is complete only when the physical network can execute it and the customer receives the order in full. The whitepaper reframes planning around the dock, where inventory must be found, cases picked, pallets built, shipments staged, trailers loaded legally, carriers dispatched, and destinations prepared to receive.

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Transportation Under Pressure: Planning Through Fuel, Capacity and Regulatory Shocks

Transportation Under Pressure applies the Born at the Dock standard to a transportation market exposed to volatile fuel prices, tightening carrier capacity, regulatory change, labor constraints, and regional disruption. Its central argument is that shippers cannot control the next external shock, but they can reduce the internal exposure that determines whether that shock becomes a manageable cost increase or an operational crisis.

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How Mars uses 4flow’s AI Platform for Logistics Optimization

Supply chains are under constant pressure from disruption, rising costs and increasing service expectations—yet decisions are still made across fragmented systems and functional siloes. Even with heavy investments in digitalization and AI, many organizations remain stuck in reactive execution.

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Maersk Capitalizes on 'Heightened Volatility' as Rates Surge

The ocean carrier brought in $15.8 billion in revenue in Q2, up from $13.1 billion a year earlier, while operating profit nearly doubled year-over-year to $1.6 billion.

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