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The Logistics-Tech Company Keeping Pfizer's Vaccine Unimaginably Cold

Controlant, a provider of innovative technology for monitoring the distribution of temperature-sensitive vaccines and other items in the cold chain, takes on COVID-19.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a freezer. Photo: Bloomberg.

A Public-Private Logistics Partnership Streamlines Delivery of HIV Medicine

Management Sciences for Health, with funding from USAID and in cooperation with multiple private and public entities in Ukraine, launches a successful pilot to improve that country’s healthcare delivery supply chain.

Bottles of Ziagen, an HIV oral liquid medication, move down the packaging line. Photo: Bloomberg.

Walmart Introduces Driverless Delivery Vans for Online Orders In Arkansas

At the moment, the future of transportation is at the Walmart on Regional Airport Boulevard in Bentonville, Ark.

Tractor trailers sit parked outside a Walmart Inc. distribution center in Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Bloomberg.

Smaller U.S. Ports Pitch for Cargo as California’s Logjams Swell

The U.S.’s busiest port complex in southern California has more demand than it can handle — and that’s left smaller hubs along the nation’s coastline angling for some of that business.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Fifty Years in Idle Time Seen for Trucks at Two Major U.S. Ports

Trucking trips originating around the U.S.’s busiest ports are showing massive increases in idle time, another sign of the supply chain logjams plaguing American transport hubs.

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

Texas Tells Cargo Ships to Join Tesla and ‘Escape California’

A month after Texas poached Tesla Inc.’s headquarters from California, it’s now trying to attract freight carriers dealing with near-record backlogs at the U.S.’s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

A tweet from Texans for Abbott (@AbbottCampaign) reads: 'Port delays are up to 100 days in California. In less than two weeks, your cargo can set sail from California & be at one of our 24/7 functioning Texas cargo ports. Escape California. Choose Texas.' Photo: screenshot/ twitter.com.

Ships Queues Worsen Port Delays From Singapore to Piraeus

The pileup is the latest logistical knot in global supply chains, with satellite shipping data allowing for real-time monitoring of port issues globally.

An LNG powered container ship operated by CMA CGM SA is docked at the Port of Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.

Maersk Sees Global Shipping Markets Staying Tight Into 2022

The world’s largest shipping line expects shipping markets to remain tight at least into the first quarter with global container demand set to grow faster than previously expected.

A crane carries shipping containers owned by AP Moller-Maersk A/S away from a ship. Photo: Bloomberg.

Three Tips for Improving Freight Procurement in the Supply Chain Logjam

No part of the supply chain is immune from the turmoil currently plaguing the supply chain industry — especially not freight procurement.

A freight truck drives at sunrise. Photo: Getty Images.

Ten Red Flags to Question When Choosing a Visibility Partner

Not all visibility tools are the same, and choosing the right partner requires research and due diligence.

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DHL Sees Added Air Cargo Capacity Easing Supply Chain Snarls

German delivery firm DHL expects global supply chain bottlenecks to ease next year as the return of air travel adds cargo capacity and higher vaccination rates keep a lid on COVID-19 infections.

A box travels along a conveyor at a DHL Worldwide Express facility in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Predictive Analytics Could Solve the Global Container Crunch

Shippers around the world are scrambling to keep up with surging freight costs, and the logistics organizations that support them are being challenged in unforeseen ways.

A cargo ship is docked off the coast of North Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Tom Fisk/ Pexels.

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