Logistic & Supply Chain

Supply Chain/Logistics Disruption

CSX, Norfolk Southern and Alabama lawmakers oppose Amtrak's appeal to Surface Transportation Board to add passenger rail service using freight railways between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans; parties say move would adversely affect freight operations
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin (02/18)

Executive Perspective: PepsiCo's hiring of 15,000 front-line employees in 2021 and expansion of regional warehousing and fulfillment network helping company mitigate supply chain crisis, says chief customer officer for PepsiCo Foods North America
FoodNavigator-USA.com (02/18)

US and Canadian lawmakers call on federal governments to reinstate COVID-19 vaccine and quarantine exemptions for cross-border truck drivers, citing supply chain constraints, inflation and driver shortages; in January, both countries re-imposed mandates
Targeted News Service (Press Releases) (02/18)

Trucking/Van Delivery

DHL sues city of San Antonio after facing possible lockout from San Antonio International Airport due to an alleged lease violation; airport director says DHL is not operating flights and is only handling cargo that is being delivered by ground transport
San Antonio Express-News (02/18)

Ocean Cargo/Shipping

Ship normally used to transport vehicles calls at New Zealand's Northport to load 5,000 m3 of triboard from Juken Mill in Kaitaia; loading triboard on main cargo deck of m.v. Istra Ace provides ship with ‘backload’ to Japan rather than sailing empty
Friday Offcuts (02/18)

Japanese shipping firm Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha Line partners with battery company PowerX to develop batteries for ships, carry out trial navigation and promote a power-transfer ship; vessel to be used to transport offshore-produced electricity
MarketLine (02/18)

Logistics/Transportation Management

DSV's 2021 ESG report highlights its launch of Green Logistics, a set of solutions to lower customers' emissions and company's own scope 3 emissions for subcontracted transport; company also launched its global Diversity and Inclusion Policy for employees
DSV Panalpina AS (02/18)

Kuehne+Nagel enters long-term dedicated charter agreement with Atlas Air for exclusive operation of two Boeing 747-8 freighters globally from Q3-Q4 of 2022; aircraft to support its customers on volatile trade lanes, such as trans-Pacific routes
Kuehne + Nagel International AG (02/18)

Warehousing

Shopify plans to spend US$1B over two years, starting in 2023, to boost number of company-owned warehouses; investment aimed at allowing company to offer two-day or less delivery to over 90% of US population
The Motley Fool (02/18)

Supplier Management

Ardagh receives ‘A’ rating from nonprofit CDP for its supplier engagement; CDP’s supplier engagement score reviews level of detail, comprehensiveness, awareness of climate change issues and methods, progress toward actions taken on climate change
Ardagh Group SA (02/18)

Encirc signs five-year deal with glass recycling company Recresco for the supply of glass cullet for remelt; Encirc to use the glass cullet to manufacture new glass bottles and containers at its site in Elton, UK
Packaging News (02/18)

Supply Chain Management

Rabobank: Major changes are transforming beef supply chain from just-in-time delivery model to just-in-case approach, and doing so will raise costs; drivers to this change include sustainability demands, automation in plants, extended shelf-life packaging
Capital Press (02/18)

Latest: Feb, 22 2022