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Drugs by drone pilot project to begin in Ontario

Drones will soon begin flying supplies from a distribution centre in Milton, Ontario, to a nearby hospital

Containers lost at sea trending upwards

Air industry asks for help making lithium battery transport safer

Walmart delivers in 30 minutes for GTA customers

HBC warehouse workers walk out

Union protests Vancouver truck retirement rule

Featured Stories

Carriers adding planes as air cargo demand surges

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

Regulatory, Legislative

Shipper groups applaud U.S. ocean reform bill

U.S.-based shipper and transportation groups applaud the U.S. Congress for passing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (S.3580), but ocean carriers are not impressed

Real Estate

Industrial real estate still strong as economy cools

With North American stock markets dangerously close to correction, bricks and mortar properties continue to resonate with institutional and private investors, across almost every commercial asset class in major Canadian centres.

Opinions

Automation

Why you should automate your fresh food logistics

Derek Rickard

Health & Safety

Preventing struck-by injuries

Norm Kramer

Tariffs

Why New Zealand is right to call out Canada on its dairy industry

Noah Fry

Import, Export & Trade

A new world order

Christian Siviere

All the news

Appointments

Who’s on the move: June 27, 2022

Appointments, promotions, moves and changes in the supply chain sector this week

Drugs by drone pilot project to begin in Ontario

Drones will soon begin flying supplies from a distribution centre in Milton, Ontario, to a nearby hospital

Ocean

Containers lost at sea trending upwards

The number of shipping containers lost at sea increased by 18 percent in 2021, reversing a trend that saw container losses decreasing

Hazardous Materials

Air industry asks for help making lithium battery transport safer

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) calls on governments to to develop and enact global standards for screening, fire-testing, and incident information sharing

E-commerce

Walmart delivers in 30 minutes for GTA customers

Walmart Canada is using Instacart and in-store picking to offer 30-minute delivery to customers in the Great Toronto Area

Products and Services

Cloud-based asset management

Semtech Corporation has introduced a SaaS chip-to-Cloud service, LoRa Cloud Locator, that uses Semtech’s LoRa cloud modem and geolocation services

Software

AMR software

OTTO Motors has released new software that allows for better visibility and depth into the performance of autonomous mobile robots

DC & Warehouse Operations

DC benchmarking tool

The WERC DC Measures Benchmarking Tool is designed to help distribution logistics professionals use hard data to measure and improve operational performance

From the print editions

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

Resource industries

Forest sector hit by supply chain challenges

Rail, marine and trucking backlogs are forcing lumber and pulp companies to slow down production and exports

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

Capacity

Shippers caught in a container trap

Stuck between high prices and the shortage of ocean containers

Autonomous Vehicles

Remote control forklifts ready to solve labour challenges

Remote control forklifts are ready to solve labour challenges

Covid-19

Making kayaks faster

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

Videos

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