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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

GOOD WORKS: DHL Global Forwarding successfully transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. The mobile clinic provides life-saving cardiovascular surgeries for children with congenital heart diseases.

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Digital Marketplaces Transform Special Equipment and Commercial Vehicle Procurement for Optimized Logistics Operations
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Digital Marketplaces Transform Special Equipment and Commercial Vehicle Procurement for Optimized Logistics Operations

In contemporary logistics, where every element of the supply chain demands maximum efficiency, the management of specialized equipment and commercial vehicle fleets is critically important. From ensuring timely raw material deliveries to efficient distribution of finished goods, the availability of appropriate and readily accessible equipment defines the continuity of business processes. Nevertheless, traditional approaches to […]

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

Providing air capacity on key trade lanes, CEVA Logistics launched a trans-Pacific charter program connecting Wuxi, China, to Chicago. Offering three flights per week, the Wuxi-Chicago charter is designed to accommodate a range of cargo types, including industrial equipment, electronics, oversized cargo, ecommerce goods, and apparel.

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

GOOD WORKS: The CMA CGM Foundation will produce and deploy 10 PharmaBox units, which enhance access to medicines and healthcare in numerous humanitarian crisis zones across Africa. The units will be installed in Chad, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Mozambique, with deployment to be adjusted as humanitarian needs evolve.

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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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