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Airlines Cash in as Flexible Work Changes Travel Patterns

The ability to work remotely, full or part time, has allowed Americans to travel more and to combine personal and professional trips — a transformation that carriers are planning around.

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Southern California’s Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends

The queue of container ships waiting for berths at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach fell to just four vessels this week.

Photo: Port of Los Angeles

Flexport Receives $200 Million From KKR to Grow Trade Financing

The credit facility from the New York-based investment firm is Flexport Capital’s first outside funding since its inception in 2017.

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PalletTrader Launches as Supply Chain Industry’s First Marketplace for Sourcing, Buying and Selling Wooden Pallets

While the majority of PalletTrader’s market is expected to be what are called “white wood” pallets, the platform can accommodate all other types of pallets.

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United Airlines Profit Forecasts are More Than Double Estimates

Earnings will be $2 to $2.25 a share in the period, United said, resuming a quarterly profit forecast that it had suspended early in the pandemic. Analysts had projected 96 cents on average.

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Watch: Green Logistics and Profitability: You Can Have Both

Environmental sustainability and business sustainability are complementary, not in opposition, says Andrew Travis, chief operating officer of Onfleet.

Andrew Travis

How Carriers Can Lead the Charge on Transportation Emission Reductions

With the energy transition underway, decarbonization is top of mind for consumers, distributors, and investors alike.

Exhaust pipes on a truck. Photo: Getty.

Freedom Convoy: Ottawa “Lost Control” of Protests, Mayor Says

There was confusion and frustration between the municipal, provincial and federal governments as well as local police as they sought a solution to end the protests.

Ottawa, Canada - February 26, 2022: A fence remains in place one week after police cleared the area near Parliament Hill of trucker convoy protesters. Photo: iStock.com/PaulMcKinnon

FAA Warns Airline Pilots as GPS Signals Disrupted Around Dallas

The GPS problem demonstrates the risks of widespread reliance on weak radio signals from space used for everything from timing stock trades to guiding jetliners.

Photo: Bloomberg

Industrial Robot Installations at an 'All-Time High' — Half a Million in One Year

Altogether, the number of robots currently operational around the globe is reckoned to be about 3.5 million units — roughly the population of Uruguay.

Photo: DHL/Locus Robotics

Watch: Can Technology Save Last-Mile Delivery?

Route optimization and tracking technology help mitigate problems in last-mile delivery, says Anar Mammadov, technical founder of Senpex.

Anar Mammadov

U.K. Unions Will Fight Government Over Workers' Rights, Vows TUC

U.K. unions are ready to take on the government if it attempts to strip away workers' rights, the head of the Trades Union Congress — the umbrella movement for the U.K.'s major unions — has said.

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