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Rails Tout Climate Edge Over Trucks, Wooing ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden

U.S. freight railroads are trying to take advantage of a train enthusiast president who’s concerned about global warming with a lobbying campaign depicting their industry as a solution to climate change.

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U.S. Retailers See Millions in Sales Delays Amid Shipping Logjam

Overwhelmed U.S. ports, elevated freight costs and accidents that sent goods plunging to the bottom of the ocean are causing headaches for U.S. retailers already reeling from the pandemic.

Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: What’s Standing in the Way of Efficient Vaccine Distribution?

Cheryl Druehl, associate professor of operations management at George Mason University’s School of Business, details the many ways that distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine went wrong — and the lessons to be learned from it.

What’s Standing in the Way of Efficient Vaccine Distribution?

The Near-Shoring Trend: Will China’s Loss Be Mexico’s Gain?

As a favored source of low-cost manufacturing for U.S. markets, Mexico seems to come and go.

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Ocean Cargo Snarls Force Global Commerce to Look Outside the Box

An ongoing surge in the cost of shipping goods around the world is prompting manufacturers and their customers to scramble for cheaper solutions.

Source: Bloomberg

Shippers Need Alternatives to West Coast Port Congestion

In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Jason Totah, president of Odyssey International Services, Inc., discusses alternatives to bringing cargo through overtaxed West Coast ports.

Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Ship Giant Maersk Bids Farewell to New, Fossil-Fuel Only Ships

A century after the global shipping fleet ran largely on coal, the world’s largest shipping line is taking a historic step toward not using fossil fuels for propulsion.

Photo: Bloomberg

Seven Last-Mile Lessons That Could Improve Vaccine Distribution

To clean up the logistical nightmare, organizations should look to best practices in last-mile delivery.

A worker moves a case into a temperature-controlled vaccine shipping container. Photo: Bloomberg.

Seattle Ports Offer Relief for L.A. Bottlenecks

The trade gateways in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are standing out for their calm relative to the congestion bedeviling ports from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia.

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Watch: Why Capital Projects Companies’ Digital Initiatives Fail

Andy Webster, global capital projects lead with Accenture Industry X, discusses recent research showing that many engineering and construction firms are failing to realize the full value of their digitization efforts.

Why Capital Projects Companies’ Digital Initiatives Fail

How the Inland Port Can Better Connect U.S. Supply Chains

As we aim to build more resilient supply chains, we must rethink space, process and workforce development. Each of these factors converge at the inland port.

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Medical Drone Startup to Begin Vaccine Delivery in April

Zipline Inc. has built a system that can deliver ultra-low temperature medical supplies, including COVID-19 vaccines.

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