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Equipment Crunch, Labor Dispute Threaten On-time Deliveries to Retailers Eager for Holiday Season Items

A shortage of transportation equipment and possible labor disruptions at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex, the nation's busiest, is delaying shipping containers for up to three weeks, threatening timely delivery to retailers for the holiday season.

MD Logistics Boosts Biologic Storage in Reno, Nevada

MD Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, is increasing the biologic storage capabilities of its facility in Reno, Nev.

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Can Technology Help Make Holiday Delivery a Success?

The shift to online retailing over the last five years finally caught up to and overran U.S.-wide delivery capacity during last year's holiday season. According to Forrester Research, online retail sales will grow by an additional 60 percent over the next five years. This kind of sea change has stretched the ability of physical networks to keep up and the shortage of drivers had further exacerbated this situation. Instead, technology has become more important to meeting retailers' holiday delivery challenges by helping to improve the productivity of existing resources and offer a greater array of delivery services being demanded by consumers.

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Apple's Supply-Chain Challenge: Keep It Secret. Then Tell the World.

In Stanley Kubrick's Cold War black comedy "Dr. Strangelove," the Soviets have developed a devastating "Doomsday Device," to be triggered by a nuclear attack on the U.S.S.R. It's supposed to act as a deterrent, but has been kept a secret. Asks an exasperated American president of the Russian ambassador: "Why didn't you tell the world?" To which the ambassador replies: "The Premier loves surprises."

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September Sees Good Growth in Commercial Vehicle Demand

Medium- and heavy-duty trucks and other commercial vehicles classes 5-8 orders were at healthy levels again in September. Total net orders for Class 8 were 24,842 units, up 31 percent year over year. Classes 5-7 net orders, at 19,486, rose to their third-strongest level since early 2008. These results were published in the latest State of the Industry report, recently released by ACT Research Co. (ACT). The report covers Classes 5 through 8 vehicles for the North American market.

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Champ Cargosystems Forms Forwarding Subsidiary

Champ Cargosystems has formed a new subsidiary, Champ Forwarding Systems DA.

Kool Pak LLC Offers Expanded Services in Northern California

Kook Pak LLC is expanding its chilled and frozen storage services on the U.S. West Coast, through an agreement with Sierra Pacific in Patterson, Calif.

Crowley Joins With Seaboard Marine in New Vessel-Sharing Pact

The liner services group of Crowley Maritime Corp. and Seaboard Marine Ltd. have entered into a new vessel-sharing agreement.

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Amazon Plans to Bring on 80,000 Holiday Season Workers; Some May Be Hired Full Time Afterward

Amazon announced it plans to hire 80,000 seasonal employees at its 50 fulfillment centers and 15 sortation centers in the U.S. to handle peak demand.

Walmart Scales Back Supercenters, Focuses on Smaller Stores, Omnichannel Strategy

Walmart management is trying to turn a very big ship. As supercenters underperform, the focus has shifted to small stores and omnichannel initiatives, moves confirmed by Walmart CEO Doug McMillon during a meeting with analysts.

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Ending Ban on Export of U.S. Crude Oil Would Benefit Manufacturing, Study Claims

The manufacturing sector, already a leading component of the U.S. economy, would benefit significantly if the crude oil ban were lifted, according to a new study.

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