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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.

Boeing 777 Engine Blast Spurs Grounding of Older Jets

The incident comes at a sensitive time for the global aviation industry, which is trying to emerge from a year in crisis caused by the pandemic’s impact on travel.

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Google and J.B. Hunt Announce Strategic Partnership in Transportation and Logistics

Google and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., a North American transportation and logistics company, has announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate J.B. Hunt's digital transformation and collaborate on supply chain platform technology.

AscendTMS And Uber Freight Announce Strategic Partnership

Uber Freight, an on-demand freight provider, and AscendTMS, a global TMS provider, have recently announced their integration.

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

Watch: Freight-Spend and Shipment Trends in Q4 2020

Bobby Holland, vice president and director of freight data solutions with U.S. Bank, reports improved results for the number of freight shipments and amount spent by shippers in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Freight-Spend and Shipment Trends in Q4 2020

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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Four Ways to Transform Recycled Waste Into Commodities Gold

Many businesses don’t realize that up to 40% of their trash — from post-consumer plastics such as hangers and water bottles, to metals, fibers, and even food grease — can be diverted from landfill to generate income.

A plastic water bottle floats near the port city of Balikpapan in Indonesia. Photo: Bloomberg.

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