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Alternative Energy Is Key to Accelerating the Vaccine Cold Chain
In order to successfully eradicate the COVID-19 virus and mitigate proliferation of new strains, we need to significantly improve safe storage and distribution of the vaccines so that more people can be inoculated faster.
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a freezer. Photo: Bloomberg.
Suez Canal Container Ship Refloated After Blocking Trade Artery
One of the largest container ships in the world has been partially refloated after it ran aground in the Suez Canal, causing a huge jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery.
Are There Enough Drivers to Meet the Demand for Last-Mile E-Commerce Delivery?
Delivery Drivers, Inc., a provider of independent-contractor labor for businesses, is in the process of hiring a huge number of additional drivers to meet the growing demand for last-mile delivery of e-commerce orders.
A delivery driver holding a package exits her van. Photo: Pexels.
Watch: The Arrival of the Autonomous Supply Chain
A discussion of what constitutes an “autonomous” supply chain, the functions that it controls, and how far it is from becoming a reality, with two executives from aThingz: Vijaya Neela, president and chief executive officer, and Kannan Ramachandran, chief artificial intelligence officer and chief commercial officer.
The Arrival of the Autonomous Supply Chain
Fight Between Commodities Giants and Shippers Leaves Seafarers Stuck
A standoff between commodities giants and shipping companies is prolonging the labor crisis at sea, with an estimated 200,000 seafarers still stuck on their vessels beyond the expiration of their contracts and past the requirements of globally accepted safety standards.
Emissions from a cargo ship at dusk. Photo: Shutterstock.
CP Rail’s CEO Makes the $25 Billion Deal His Mentor Wouldn’t
Canadian Pacific Railways’s Keith Creel for years followed in the footsteps of Hunter Harrison, an industry legend whose revolutionary efficiency strategy became the standard at all the major North American railroads.
Keith Creel, chief operating officer of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Photo: Bloomberg.
Fire and Ice Aggravate Chip Supply Headache for Car Industry
A fire at a semiconductor factory in Japan, cold weather in North America and ongoing competition for chips are all hitting the global auto industry at the same time, threatening to exacerbate supply shortages of a key component that began late last year.
Photo: Bloomberg
Supply Chains Are Facing a Credit-Demand Conundrum
Demand for trade credit has grown alongside the pandemic, and will not slow this year. Maybe not ever.
Photo: Bloomberg
CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion
Canadian Pacific Railway is aiming to create a 20,000-mile rail network linking the U.S., Mexico and Canada in the first year of those nations’ new trade alliance.
A Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.
For Supply-Chain Financing, Digital Cash Is Just Better
Financial terms are becoming a game between the strengths and weaknesses in supply chain, and there’s often a question of whether to prioritize core companies and help them grow bigger, or boost smaller businesses that may be struggling to survive.
Cold Chain Technologies Partners With Cloudleaf to On Real-Time Visibility Solution for Temperature-Sensitive Drugs
Cold Chain Technologies, a global provider of thermal assurance solutions for the distribution and transport of temperature-sensitive products, recently announced a partnership with Cloudleaf, a provider of digital supply chain solutions, to launch Cold Chain Technologies Smart Solutions.
Podcast | A Look at the Southern California Supply-Chain ‘Meltdown’
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with supporting distribution facilities and infrastructure in the area, are suffering from severe congestion. What’s the cause — and the solution?
Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.
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