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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Announces U.S. Fiber Manufacturing Expansions

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requires the use of Made-in-America materials and products for federally funded infrastructure projects including high-speed Internet deployment in America.

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Digital Tools Help Metals Supply Chains Experience Less Volatility and More Resiliency

Businesses in the industrial metals industry must increasingly rely on digital tools such as real-time product tracking to optimize their items’ journey and to provide data to inform decisions.

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Smaller Truckers Are Struggling to Keep Pace in an Uncertain Economy

Small to medium-sized trucking companies have all of the challenges that afflict their larger competition, and none of the advantages.

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Watch: Investing in Promising Logistics and Transportation Technologies

Aidan Madigan-Curtis, partner at Eclipse Ventures, discusses what makes technologies in logistics and transportation worthy of serious investment today.

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U.S. Department of Justice Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment

Meanwhile, it emerged that a team of government officials became sick while investigating the health effects of the toxic train derailment, when they visited the Ohio site earlier this month.

Wreckage remains at the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg

Japan Plans to Restrict Some Equipment Exports

Japanese trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters that the move was not coordinated with U.S. restrictions.

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Report: Global 3PL Market Has Almost Doubled Since 2016

The global third-party logistics (3PL) market reached $1.47 trillion in 2022, according to Armstrong & Associates, Inc. (A&A), an increase of 14.5% over 2021 revenues.

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Tesla Pursues Building a New U.S. Plant With China’s Dominant Battery Maker

The auto industry has been lobbying to influence how the U.S. Treasury Department will interpret requirements in President Joe Biden’s signature climate package.

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How Starlink's Innovative Mesh Network Principles Can Revolutionize the Logistics Industry

Mesh networks can handle fluctuations in supply and demand, optimize routes, and create transparency and accountability in the supply chain, increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving customer satisfaction.

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The Pros and Cons of ‘Friend-Shoring’ Production

The multiple crises of the past few years are causing American businesses to consider “friend-shoring,” or the placement of manufacturing in countries with shared values.

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Panera to Adopt Palm-Swipe Payment Systems, Sparking Privacy Fears

Amazon is now facing a lawsuit after a shopper in New York City claimed customers were not properly notified about the data that would be collected.

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Russia and India Discuss Northern Sea Shipping Route

Russia wants the route to become a major shipping lane and has invested heavily in infrastructure there.

A Russian Icebreaker on the water in Arctic Ocean toward to the North Pole. Photo: iStock.com/Sergey Zemnuhov

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