DYNAMIC FREIGHT & LOGISTICS

Freight

Argus | August 17, 2022

Energy and commodities price reporting agency Argus has launched daily Carbon Cost of Freight (CCF) indexes, helping businesses involved in transporting a wide range of commodities with accurate pricing of the emissions from their ships. Offsetting shipping emissions is becoming compulsory under EU legislation passed this summer. The Argus CCF prices give an insight into the cost of emissions generated when moving crude oil, refined products, LPG, coal, iron ore, grains and petrol...

UPS | January 30, 2020

UPS and Waymo, a self-driving vehicle company, are launching a parcel transportation pilot, according to an announcement Wednesday. Waymo's autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans will pick up packages from UPS stores in the Phoenix metro area and deliver them to nearby UPS sorting facilities in Tempe, Arizona for processing. A Waymo-trained driver will be present in the vehicles at all times. The pilot will assist with "getting packages to our sortation facilities sooner and more frequen...

Supply Chain

ActiveState | June 27, 2022

ActiveState announced the availability of their secure build service, a major component of the ActiveState Platform, which implements the greatest number of Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) Level 4 controls of any publicly available build platform. As defined by slsa.dev, SLSA is a security framework, a check-list of standards and controls to prevent tampering, improve integrity, and secure packages and infrastructure in your projects, businesses or enterprises. It's how you...

Procurement and Sourcing, Logistics

Wagner Logistics | January 27, 2023

On January 26, 2023, Wagner Logistics, a warehousing and logistics management provider, announced that it is expanding its distribution space into Portland, Oregon, bringing its total distribution space in the United States to over 7 million square feet across 24 markets. The most recent warehouse has 82,556 sq. ft. of dedicated distribution space and can be converted into a multi-customer facility. Wagner Logistics collaborated with Newmark Zimmer, one of the Midwest's lead...