Lawmakers are backing new legislation that would require the federal government to take a regular, close look at the U.S. electric supply chain, from raw materials all the way to finished equipment. What’s Related The Electric Supply Chain Act would direct the Department of Energy to carry out ongoing reviews of the country’s electric supply chain […]
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s proposed merger has reached a key early step in the regulatory process, with federal regulators now reviewing whether the companies’ application is complete. That decision will determine when the full review can begin. What’s Related Below is a timeline of how the deal has unfolded so far and what comes […]
General Rate Increases (GRIs) can be confusing across modes, especially for less-than-truckload. Below outlines why and how carriers impost GRIs, what a GRI will impact, and how to mitigate the impact of a GRI. In Summary: General Rate Increases (GRIs) are how LTL carriers adjust their prices to keep up with inflationary pressures like […]
DHL Supply Chain is going bigger in healthcare and medicine delivery, thanks to a new one-million-square-foot distribution center in Annville, Pennsylvania. What’s Related The facility is designed to move medical products and drugs faster and more reliably across the East Coast. It sits near major highways and includes temperature-controlled space for sensitive medicines, solar power […]
Corvus Robotics Founder and CEO Jackie Wu has been thinking about the same question for a long time. How do you improve people’s lives at scale? When he was a student at Northwestern University, he thought economics might help answer that question. He wanted to understand how countries grow, why some people and places get richer […]
The Transportation Pulse Report 2026 is your essential guide to navigating the AI shift in transportation management, based on 230+ responses from supply chain and logistics executives in the United States and Europe. Produced in collaboration with Adrian Gonzalez-top industry analyst and Talking Logistics podcast host-this global research report reveals how carriers and shippers are […]
U.S. industrial real estate is booming as retailers rethink where inventory should live. Tariffs, delivery speed, and rising costs are pushing more brands to move fulfillment closer to customers, but that shift brings new challenges around customs, compliance, and visibility. Scott MacRae, CEO of Landmark Global, explains why localization is getting harder, not easier, and […]
PepsiCo is working with Siemens and NVIDIA to change how it designs, tests, and expands its plants and warehouses using AI and digital twins. What’s Related The multi-year partnership was announced Tuesday at CES 2026 and is already being tested at several U.S. facilities. By modeling factories and distribution centers digitally before making physical changes, […]
The U.S. Postal Service is tightening the rules for the trucking companies it works with, part of a broader government push to make sure truck drivers are properly trained and vetted. What’s Related Under a new policy, USPS will phase out the use of contracted truck drivers who hold non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses and have not been […]
Amazon lost an appeals court fight, clearing the way for a labor case involving its delivery contractors to continue and keeping pressure on the company’s long-standing Delivery Service Partner model. What’s Related In a late December ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected Amazon’s request to pause a National Labor Relations […]
