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Ontario Cannabis Store to resume deliveries after cyberattack on 3PL

The Ontario Cannabis Store says its distribution centre is resuming some service after a cyberattack on one of its logistics partners caused the provincial pot wholesaler to halt deliveries this week

Amazon bringing drone deliveries to customers

Drought may cut off freight transport on Rhine River

Mitsubishi Logisnext celebrates 30 years of growth at HQ

China reaffirms threat to annex Taiwan

Canada Cartage sold to private asset firm

Mubadala Capital, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, is buying Canada Cartage from Nautic partners

Invasion of Ukraine

First of Ukraine grain ships reaches destination

The Turkey-flagged Polarnet docked at Derince port in the Gulf of Izmit after setting off from Chornomorsk on Aug. 5 laden with 12,000 tons of corn

Mergers & Acquisitions

Maersk bolsters project cargo capabilities with Martin Bencher acquisition

Maersk (Maersk) has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company with premium capabilities within non-containerized project logistics

Could cargo bike deliveries help green e-commerce?

Antoine Robichet and Patrick Nierat

Disruption

Forest products sector calls for action on supply chain issues

Joel Neuheimer

Great Lakes/St. Lawrence

How the St. Lawrence Seaway will continue to become more important to Quebec’s economy

Claude Comtois

Automation

Automation: The next big thing in supply chains

Emma Ciccotosto

Amazon worker deaths under investigation

US federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the company's annual Prime Day shopping event in mid-July

Global Warming

Rhine river water levels critical, ships stopping

Shipping companies prepared to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany's biggest river neared a critically low point Saturday

Rail

Boiling styrene in rail car prompts evacuation in California

A section of a major Southern California freeway was shut down and 170 homes were under evacuation orders Friday as a chemical reaction inside a railroad tank car threatened to cause an explosion

Disruption

Gradual easing predicted for European congestion issues

Container ship backlogs, high trucking rates and a shortage of containers have been plaguing the German economy since early in the pandemic, but forecasts see container rates declining late in 2022

Intermodal

Intermodal down in second quarter

Total intermodal volumes fell 4.3 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2022, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s (IANA) Intermodal Quarterly report

Products and Services

Temperature Control

Climate-controlled trailer bulkheads

Rite-Hite’s Environmental Enclosures division has introduced ClimaTrek Cold Chain Transport Solutions, a new line of climate-controlled trailer bulkheads

Conveying systems

Line sorter and pouch system

Beumer has introduced a new line sorter and pouch system designed for mid-volume operations

Outsourcing

Network manager for 3PLs

Extensiv has launched a network management tool to help third-party logistics (3PLs) providers build and manage networks of geographically distributed partner warehouses where a brand's inventory is distributed across and shipped from multiple warehouses

From the print editions

E-commerce

Enabling e-commerce through right-sized packaging

Packsize exec says internet retailing is actually not a scalable industry, and nor is it sustainable ...without right-sized packaging

Risk Management

How to manange risk in turbulent times

Supply chain operators are adjusting to a global environment where major disruptions are the new normal

Carriers adding planes as air cargo demand surges

Market changing with return of passenger flights, but capacity still tight

Disruption

Lessons from the border blockade

The Ambassador Bridge blockade has heightened concerns about the vulnerabilities in Canada - U.S. trade, and manufacturers are reacting

AS/RS

Saving time, space and money – Part 1

A five-part series explaining how automated storage and retrieval systems are improving warehouse operations

Covid-19

Why raising wages alone won’t solve your labour shortage

Augmenting workers with automation, to competitive benefits, to new work formats and styles, and bringing in new sources of labour by allowing foreign workers to bypass outdated requirements are all suggested enhancements

Automation

Disruptions will make digitization a priority in 2022

The acceleration in e-commerce, combined with the disruptions caused by the pandemic make the need for visibility into operations critically important

Covid-19

Making kayaks faster

How ClearWater Design dug deep to ride the wave of pandemic-fuelled demand

Videos

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Addressing Pandemic Pressures with Supply Chain Automation

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