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Early Freeze Tests Great Lakes Supply Chains

To date, the Great Lakes as a whole are just shy of 15% ice coverage, up from the 10% average for this time of year.

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Sail Freight Business Handbook Lays Groundwork for Change

The idea is simple: Replace trucks with short-sea shipping where sail freight offers the highest emissions-reduction potential.

Schooner Apollonia sails across New York Harbor. Photo: Center for Post Carbon Logistics

Nvidia Will Offer New AI Chip This Year, Says CEO

The chips could allow companies to develop A.I. at a lower cost and possibly mitigate the soaring electrical demands of data centers being built around the world.

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Hyundai to Deploy Humanoid Robots in U.S.

Hyundai says the Atlas robots will gradually take on more tasks beyond general industrial use, and are being developed to work alongside people and autonomously manage machines.

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Watch: Setting Up the Supply Chain Planning Team for Success

Cristina Carvallo, senior director analyst with Gartner, offers advice on how organizations can build a collaborative planning effort that unites all elements of the function.

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Chevron Lines Up 11 Ships as Venezuela’s Dark Fleet Vanishes

At least 11 ships chartered by the U.S. oil major are scheduled to arrive in the Venezuelan government-controlled ports of Jose and Bajo Grande later in January.

Chevron-chartered ship Ionic Anassa was the first of 11 tankers the oil major is set to load this month, according to preliminary data. Photo: Bloomberg

Regulators Fine Pipeline Operator $9.6M Over 2023 Oil Spill

The civil penalty issued by regulators is roughly equal to the combined $8-10 million in fines the agency issues each year on average.

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Managing Fraud Risk in Manufacturing and Distribution

Organizations that approach fraud risk management as an element of operational excellence, rather than a compliance exercise, are better positioned to sustain long-term performance.

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Nestlé Issues Global Recall of Baby Formula Batches

The company believes that oils used in certain batches of baby formula were contaminated by a harmful substance known as cereulide.

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Global Corporate Tax Deal Exempts U.S. Companies

Republicans have been critical of the plan since it was first introduced in 2021, arguing that it would unfairly expose American companies to overseas taxes.

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China Bans Dual-Use Item Exports to Japan

This comes in the wake of comments made in parliament by Takaichi in November 2025, when she said that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would threaten Japan's survival.

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Venezuela Oil Blockade Dodged by Sanctioned Ships

The vessels that definitely exited the Latin American nation’s territorial waters were transporting about 4 million barrels of crude and fuel.

Photo: Jesus Vargas / Getty Images via Bloomberg

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