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Warehouse Optimization LLC is changing its name to Transportation & Warehouse Optimization. The change was made to reflect the company's growing emphasis on the optimization of trucking costs. … INTTRA, a provider of e-commerce solutions for ocean freight companies, has opened an office near Miami to serve customers in Latin America. … SEKO, a freight forwarding and logistics solutions company, is expanding its operations by opening an office in Istanbul, Turkey. … Logistics services company Schenker has established a regional head office in Dubai to serve customers in the Middle East and East Africa. … FKI Logistex has opened a new multimillion dollar Technology and Education Center in Cincinnati. The 31,000-square-foot training and demonstration facility brings together a wide range of the company's material handling solutions under one roof. … James McIlrath, founder of DSC Logistics, died July 27 due to complications from heart surgery. He founded what was originally known as Dry Storage Corp. in 1960 in Chicago's stockyard district. … Saia has built a new terminal in Houston. The facility increases capacity in the South Texas market. … The Georgia Ports Authority reports that the Port of Savannah handled 2.338 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) this fiscal year, a 14.5-percent increase over the previous year. The Port of Brunswick also recorded significant gains. … Intelligrated was awarded a 2007 Cincy Business Manny Award, which recognizes fast-growing companies in the Cincinnati region. … Ozburn-Hessey Logistics has opened a new distribution facility and a new international station in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. OH Logistics now operates four contract warehouses in the metroplex. … Exel has earned the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partner designation for its efforts to maximize fuel efficiency and reduce emissions in its managed transportation operations.

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Congestion on U.S. highways is costing the trucking industry big, according to research from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), released today.

The group found that traffic congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022, a record high. The information comes from ATRI’s Cost of Congestion study, which is part of the organization’s ongoing highway performance measurement research.

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From pingpong diplomacy to supply chain diplomacy?

There’s a photo from 1971 that John Kent, professor of supply chain management at the University of Arkansas, likes to show. It’s of a shaggy-haired 18-year-old named Glenn Cowan grinning at three-time world table tennis champion Zhuang Zedong, while holding a silk tapestry Zhuang had just given him. Cowan was a member of the U.S. table tennis team who participated in the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan. Story has it that one morning, he overslept and missed his bus to the tournament and had to hitch a ride with the Chinese national team and met and connected with Zhuang.

Cowan and Zhuang’s interaction led to an invitation for the U.S. team to visit China. At the time, the two countries were just beginning to emerge from a 20-year period of decidedly frosty relations, strict travel bans, and trade restrictions. The highly publicized trip signaled a willingness on both sides to renew relations and launched the term “pingpong diplomacy.”

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Hyster-Yale to expand domestic manufacturing

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling today announced its plans to fulfill the domestic manufacturing requirements of the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act for certain portions of its lineup of forklift trucks and container handling equipment.

That means the Greenville, North Carolina-based company now plans to expand its existing American manufacturing with a targeted set of high-capacity models, including electric options, that align with the needs of infrastructure projects subject to BABA requirements. The company’s plans include determining the optimal production location in the United States, strategically expanding sourcing agreements to meet local material requirements, and further developing electric power options for high-capacity equipment.

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California moves a step closer to requiring EV sales only by 2035

Federal regulators today gave California a green light to tackle the remaining steps to finalize its plan to gradually shift new car sales in the state by 2035 to only zero-emissions models — meaning battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and plug-in hybrid cars — known as the Advanced Clean Cars II Rule.

In a separate move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also gave its approval for the state to advance its Heavy-Duty Omnibus Rule, which is crafted to significantly reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from new heavy-duty, diesel-powered trucks.

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Canadian startup gains $5.5 million for AI-based global trade platform

A Canadian startup that provides AI-powered logistics solutions has gained $5.5 million in seed funding to support its concept of creating a digital platform for global trade, according to Toronto-based Starboard.

The round was led by Eclipse, with participation from previous backers Garuda Ventures and Everywhere Ventures. The firm says it will use its new backing to expand its engineering team in Toronto and accelerate its AI-driven product development to simplify supply chain complexities.

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