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Retail Stores as Fulfillment Hubs; Logistics Trends to Watch; Women Thrive in Manufacturing; other Supply Chain and Logistics News
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Retail Stores as Fulfillment Hubs; Logistics Trends to Watch; Women Thrive in Manufacturing; other Supply Chain and Logistics News

Retail’s Big Shift It’s official: Retailers are no longer just merchants; they’re experts at building logistics networks. Leading retailers are transforming stores into fulfillment hubs, cutting costs while speeding delivery. That’s the consensus from Manhattan Associates’ 2025 Unified Commerce Benchmark for Specialty Retail—an analysis of 220 retailers across seven industry segments, evaluating 300+ customer experience […]

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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions

Hyster expanded its lineup of configurable, high-capacity electric forklifts. The Hyster J230-400XD series offers load capacities from 23,000 to 40,000 pounds and 24-, 36-, or 48-inch load centers.

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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions

TRANSPORTATION: Maersk, an entity under A.P. Moller-Maersk, and Hapag-Lloyd launched an operational collaboration Gemini Cooperation. Around 340 vessels will be phased in as part of the shared ocean network with the first sailings in February with more vessels to gradually sail on the new schedules. The goal is a flexible and interconnected ocean network with schedule reliability above 90%, once fully implemented

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

GOOD WORKS: Averitt associates and customers held their annual toy drive to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Now in its fifth year, the effort has provided thousands of toys to children undergoing treatment at St. Jude.

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

MILESTONES: PSA Singapore handled more than 40 million TEUs in 2024, a new record surpassing the company’s previous annual high of 38.8 million TEUs set in 2023.

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Avoiding AI Pitfalls
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Avoiding AI Pitfalls

Deploying artificial intelligence in supply chain management was not expected to be easy. Here are some early traps and how to avoid them.

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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions

OOCL celebrated the naming of its third new 16,828-TEU container vessel, OOCL Sunflower, at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. in January 2025. The OOCL Sunflower serves its Trans-Pacific Trade ECX1 service. The port rotation is: Hong Kong – Yantian – Xiamen – Shanghai – New York – Savannah – Charleston – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Hong Kong in a 91-day round trip.

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FOCUS ON: Nearshoring
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FOCUS ON: Nearshoring

Nearshoring: Hype or Happening? While businesses of all types are exploring the idea of reorganizing supply chains so manufacturing and production occurs closer to the United States—with the focus largely on Mexico—it’s still unclear exactly how much traction nearshoring has gained. Some experts say nearshoring is definitely here to stay, while others claim the buzzworthy […]

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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions

Savage opened a new Niagara Transload facility at the Thorold Multimodal Hub in Ontario. Located in the Golden Horseshoe, the facility provides connections between rail, maritime, and truck transportation, which can reduce transport costs for the manufacturing, agriculture, and construction industries.

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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions

The launch of double-stacked rail operations to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore marked a milestone, enhancing transport cost efficiency and environmental benefits. Part of the Howard Street Tunnel Project, double-stacked operations open new opportunities for intermodal rail service in the Northeast and from the Port of Baltimore to Midwest markets, generating thousands of new jobs and delivering benefits to the region months earlier than expected.

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

SHOVEL READY: Savage Tooele Railroad began construction on Utah’s first new railroad in decades. The new short-line railroad will serve tenants of the Lakeview Business Park.

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

SHOVEL READY: The first development at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport’s Global Logistics Park has broken ground. The 4.5 acres of aeronautical property is being leased by F&F LLC for the development of an 80,000-square-foot cargo facility with airside access to handle current and future general air freight needs. The facility will include cargo processing space, associated mezzanine offices, and a minimum of 18 truck docks. The site is expected to be complete in early 2025.

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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions

CIRRO E-Commerce launched a hybrid delivery service which blends direct-to-consumer deliveries in densely populated areas with postal deliveries to rural regions, providing faster transit times, reduced shipping costs, nationwide coverage, and tracking from origin to doorstep.

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