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Port of LA Cargo Volumes Improved for Third Consecutive Month

The Port of Los Angeles handled 779,140 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units during May 2023, a 60% increase when compared to February 2023.

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HMM Launching Direct Service Between Indonesia and Latin America

HMM's FIL port rotation now includes Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Jakarta, Singapore, Kattupalli, Santos, Paranaguá, Itapoá, Navegantes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Hong Kong.

Hamburg, Germany. April 2023. Photo: iStock.com/Felix Marx

Boeing Supplier’s Labor Vote Puts 737 Output Hike at Risk

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. is preparing to make a so-called best-and-final offer during the week of June 15 to about 6,000 unionized employees.

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U.S. Supply Chain Threat Diminishes with West Coast Port Deal

President Joe Biden, in a statement released the evening of June 14, hailed the tentative agreement as proof that “collective bargaining works."

Los Angeles, California. June 2023. Photo: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

West Coast Dockworkers Reach Tentative Agreement with Shippers

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union agreed to a new, six-year collective bargaining contract with the Pacific Maritime Association on June 14, 2023.

The Port of Oakland in Oakland, California on October 26, 2011. Photo: iStock.com/hanusst

Airbus Predicts Asia to Lead Air Traffic Boom in Coming Decades

Airbus expects global installed fleets to more than double through 2042 to 46,560 aircraft, with 23,680 planes representing growth and 17,170 going toward the replacement of older jets.

Hamburg, Germany. January 2023. Photo: Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images/Bloomberg

U.S. Slips in Supply Chain Ranks After Child-Labor Violations

The U.S. saw its ranking decline on almost all metrics, according to an analysis published June 14 by the ESG advisory and analytics company Elevate.

This photo, included in DoL court filings in November, 2022, shows a Packers Sanitation Services Inc. employee at the JBS Beef Plant in Grand Island, Nebraska. Photo: U.S. Department of Labor, taken by WHI Lopez

Watch: Addressing Sustainability in IT from Every Angle

Casey Swanson, senior director of supply chain management services with Shyft Global Services, discusses how technology can contribute to efforts to achieve sustainability and lower the carbon footprint of transportation and warehousing operations.

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Supply Chain Planning Must Become Decision-Centric

The environment in which chief supply chain officers find themselves has changed significantly in recent years, but most organizations have failed to adjust their approach to planning.

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How Manufacturers Can Get Fit for a Summer of Uncertainty

There’s an increasing divide between manufacturers that are driving forward with digital transformation, and those that seem to be capitulating to short-term decision-making driven by finance.

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Walmart Planning to Open Case-Ready Beef Facility in Kansas

Walmart expects the facility to create 600 jobs for the Olathe, Kansas community while improving the visibility of the company's beef supply chain.

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Blinken to Travel to China This Week in Push to Repair Ties

U.S. officials are calling the June 16-19 trip by Antony Blinken a chance to resume communications that had been disrupted by months of tension.

Photo: Bloomberg

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