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Walmart Touts Growth of AI Across Global Supply Chain

The big box retailer says that it's also using generative AI to comb through social media and sales data to identify the products customers in certain regions want most.

Walmart Distribution Center Courtesy Photo

U.S. Plans to Build Boat Repair Facility Near South China Sea

The planned facility will be used to repair and maintain several small Philippine military watercraft and will include two interior rooms for equipment storage or conference use.

Photo Ezra Acayan / Getty Images AsiaPac via Bloomberg

Reversal of Legal Immigrant Worker Program Is Hitting Amazon, Others

On May 30, the U.S. Supreme Court granted temporary approval for the Trump administration to revoke a program known as “humanitarian parole."

Farm workers harvesting yellow peppers in California. Photo: iStock/NNehring

The Rise of Agentic AI in the Supply Chain

With agentic artificial intelligence, organizations can align every function of their supply chains to act quickly, think strategically and collaborate effectively.

Photo: iStock / Khanchit Khirisutchalual

Heatwave Dries Up Cargo Capacity on Europe's Largest Rivers

Ships transiting the Danube River in Hungary have only been able to operate at 30-40% capacity, prompting operators to hit cargo owners with surcharges as high as 100%.

A barge transiting Germany's Rhine River through Dusseldorf. Photo: iStock / hansenn

Freight EV Adoption Remains Low in U.K.

The push to lower emissions from logistics and supply chain is being hampered by high interest rates and a lack of alternatives for larger trucks.

Crawley, U.K. Photo: iStock/coldsnowstorm

Ocean Carriers Warn of No End in Sight for Global Shipping Logjam

A port operating at 90% of capacity generates a lot of inefficiencies, with increased dwell times that can quickly create delays further down the supply chain.

Cranes at the Port of Virginia. Photo: iStock / Kyle Little

Amazon Looks to Expand Rural Delivery Network

This comes after Amazon announced plans in April to spend $4 billion to triple the size of its rural delivery network by adding 200 new delivery stations.

Photo: iStock / miromiro

Ports of Indiana to Reopen Burns Harbor Grain Terminal

The Burns Harbor grain terminal first opened in 1979, and helped move more than 500 million bushels of corn and soybeans up until its closure in 2023.

Construction at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. (Courtesy photo)

FedEx Founder Fred Smith Dies at 80

A Marine Corps veteran who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, Smith is known as the pioneer of the "hub and spoke" distribution model.

FedEx Founder and former CEO Fred Smith. Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg

J.B. Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico

Joint effort expands availability of intermodal transport to Mexico-based businesses.

Victorville, California. October 2015. Photo: iStock / Angel Di Billo

NY Wins Order Against U.S. Funding Freeze in Congestion Fight

The ruling means the program — designed to reduce gridlock and raise money to modernize the city’s transit system — will almost certainly continue as the legal battle proceeds.

Traffic on 10th Avenue in Manhattan in 2024. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

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