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'Widely Recyclable' Starbucks Cups Tracked Straight to Landfills
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (741+ words) Supply Chain Brain 'Widely Recyclable' Starbucks Cups Tracked Straight to Landfills Despite Starbucks advertising its cold beverage cups as "widely recyclable," research from environmental nonprofit Beyond Plastics found that not a single cup tracked during a three month period ended…...
Japan to Receive First Oil Tanker to Exit Hormuz Since War Began
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (253+ words) An aerial 3 D illustration render of cargo ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. Image: i Stock/quantic69 Japan " one of Asia's biggest importers of energy from the Middle East " flagged the impending arrival of the first Persian Gulf oil shipment…...
Airbus, Air France Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in 2009 Crash
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (309+ words) Supply Chain Brain Airbus, Air France Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in 2009 Crash An appeals court in France has found Airbus and Air France guilty of involuntary manslaughter, for the companies' roles in a 2009 plane crash that killed 228 people. According…...
Iran in Talks With Oman Over Permanent Toll System for Hormuz
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (895+ words) Iran is discussing with Oman how to set up some form of a permanent toll system that will formalize its control of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. "Iran and Oman must mobilize all their resources both to provide…...
Carney: Canada's Ports Lag as Nation Looks Beyond U. S. Trade
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (332+ words) Supply Chain Brain Carney: Canada's Ports Lag as Nation Looks Beyond U. S. Trade Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Canada's ports need to be more efficient if the country's going to more resilient in the face of its deteriorating trade relationship…...
Report: U. S. Employers Spending $1. 7 B Annually to Fight Unions
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (302+ words) Supply Chain Brain Report: U. S. Employers Spending $1. 7 B Annually to Fight Unions According to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), employers are required to publicly disclose only a fraction of their spending on anti-union campaigns, meaning the true total…...
Watch: The Challenge of Mixed-Fleet Management in the Warehouse
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (233+ words) Having both automated vehicles and human-operated forklifts within the same facility can cause problems if they're not properly managed, says Nicola Tomatis, chief executive officer of Bluebotics. Many warehouses and distribution centers are eager to automate their operations, but it's…...
At CNS Conference, Air Cargo Analysts Trace the Impact of the Middle East Conflict
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (471+ words) Things were going just fine in the global air cargo sector. Then the Middle East blew up. Air cargo was well on its way to bouncing back from the cratering of demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic " which, of course,…...
How Supply Chains Can Responsibly Implement Agentic AI at Scale
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (723+ words) Artificial intelligence has moved from recommending actions to executing them. A model that once flagged a demand anomaly for a planner to act on is now autonomously rerouting shipments, adjusting procurement volumes and rebalancing inventory without waiting for approval. According…...
U. S. Crude Inventories Drop by Most on Record as Exports Surge
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (276+ words) U. S. crude inventories, including strategic reserves, plunged by a record as soaring exports start to erode domestic supply cushions. The decline of 17. 8 million barrels brings crude inventories to the lowest levels in nearly a year, according to data from the U. S. Energy…...