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Two Electric Vehicle Updates & Other Supply Chain News
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Two Electric Vehicle Updates & Other Supply Chain News

Electric Trucks Earn Their Keep Early adopters in Europe are making a strong case for electrifying freight. The Öko-Institut surveyed 57 German companies that had been running heavy electric trucks for at least one year, and 93% of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their vehicles. Survey respondents are customers of Daimler Truck’s […]

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Verst Logistics Names Todd Johnson Next CEO
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Verst Logistics Names Todd Johnson Next CEO

Verst Logistics has named Todd Johnson as its next CEO, effective August 1. Johnson currently serves as president and chief operating officer, a title he’s held since 2019. He will retain the president role alongside his new CEO duties. Johnson brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the position. In his current role, […]

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DOJ’s Trade Fraud Task Force Hits $1 Billion in Recoveries
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DOJ’s Trade Fraud Task Force Hits $1 Billion in Recoveries

By Ashley Prince | July 15, 2026 The Justice Department’s Trade Fraud Task Force has crossed $1 billion in recoveries, penalties, forfeitures, and charged losses. The announcement came in July 2026, less than a year after its August 2025 inception. For manufacturers and importers, as well as their logistics partners, these cases can provide context around which […]

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Supply Chain Trends: RFID, AI Robots, Reverse Logistics & More
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Supply Chain Trends: RFID, AI Robots, Reverse Logistics & More

RFID Rollout: Embedding Sensing In Supply Chains To phase out manual scanning, UPS is rolling out radio frequency identification (RFID) package sensing across its U.S. small package network, expanding shipment visibility from pickup through delivery. The technology is now in U.S. package delivery vehicles and delivery facilities, as well as on every package shipped through […]

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Tone Up for the GLP-1 Slimdown
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Tone Up for the GLP-1 Slimdown

As an estimated 12% of U.S. adults take appetite-suppressing GLP-1 medications, the supply chain effects are far-reaching—from skinnier truckloads to increased apparel returns. Get in shape for the changes ahead.

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FedEx’s $1.4B Supply Chain Sale Triples CEVA’s North American Scale
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FedEx’s $1.4B Supply Chain Sale Triples CEVA’s North American Scale

By Ashley Prince | July 2, 2026 CMA CGM has agreed to purchase FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion, a deal set to nearly triple the North American footprint of CEVA Logistics, the shipping group’s logistics arm.  The acquisition is expected to close later this year, pending regulatory approval. It also comes bundled with a commercial […]

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DOE Injects $17.5 Billion Into Nuclear Supply Chain to Head Off Long-Lead Bottlenecks
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DOE Injects $17.5 Billion Into Nuclear Supply Chain to Head Off Long-Lead Bottlenecks

By Amy Roach | June 23, 2026 Building a nuclear reactor in America has historically been a high-stakes, logistical nightmare with multi-year delays and busted budgets as par for the course. Hyper-specialized components that take years just to order, let alone forge, add to the challenge.  Now, the federal government is trying a radically different […]

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: AI-Powered Robotics
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: AI-Powered Robotics

↓ ZeeBot. The new rack-climbing warehouse robot from Cainiao, an ecommerce logistics and technology provider, can climb up racking five stories high in as fast as 10 seconds. Designed to connect multiple operational links, ZeeBot can help warehouses move beyond point automation to AI-scheduled, end-to-end multi-robot collaboration. The solution also increases storage density, improving space […]

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IN BRIEF: The Latest Supply Chain, Freight Tech Updates
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IN BRIEF: The Latest Supply Chain, Freight Tech Updates

Yang Ming’s YM Willpower completed its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering in Singapore. Now serving Yang Ming’s Far East – Mediterranean MD2 service, YM Willpower is the first vessel in the company’s 2026 roll-out of newly built 15,500-TEU class container vessels primarily fueled by LNG.

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How Adaptable Fulfillment Networks Strengthen Supply Chain Resiliency
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How Adaptable Fulfillment Networks Strengthen Supply Chain Resiliency

Brian Mattingly, Executive Vice President, Operations at Saddle Creek Logistics Services, explains why resilient supply chains are now a cost-control strategy and a competitive advantage. Q. Why is supply chain resiliency so important right now? A. Supply chain resiliency is important because disruption is no longer an occasional event. It is part of the operating […]

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IN BRIEF: Rail Growth, AI Automation, and Warehouse Expansion
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IN BRIEF: Rail Growth, AI Automation, and Warehouse Expansion

3PL CEVA Logistics opened a new warehouse in Dubai South Free Zone, an emerging logistics hub in the United Arab Emirates and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council region. Designed for ecommerce customers, the nearly 250,000-square-foot facility, which opened in January 2026, handles more than 30,000 units per day.

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