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Supply Chain

Federal Maritime Commission | November 24, 2020

The Federal Maritime Commission is extending the extent of its reality discovering mission identified with framework challenges originating from the Covid pandemic to include ocean transporter confinement and demurrage, holder return and compartment accessibility for U.S. export, the organization declared Friday. The move comes after discussions the agency had with stakeholders who communicated worries about the development of compartments through port offices and practices that w...

PwC | April 28, 2020

Supply chains will diversify in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but they will only relocate completely as a last resort, according to a survey of 305 CFOs completed by PwC during the week of April 20.Immediate supply chain concerns are waning as CFOs gain clarity on what to expect in the short term and what kind of changes are necessary to weather shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic in the future. CFOs recognize the value of diversification (56% plan to find alternate and additional so...

Freight

Aurora and Schneider | August 02, 2022

Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR), a leading autonomous vehicle company, and Schneider National, Inc. (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal provider of transportation services, announced a multiphase commercial pilot to haul freight for Schneider’s customers with the Aurora Driver, Aurora’s autonomous technology. This pilot reflects an important step for Schneider toward understanding how to incorporate autonomous trucks into its fleet to improve efficiencies and address the growing...

Supply Chain

Roambee | February 27, 2023

The global supply chain intelligence and visibility company, Roambee marking its growth in 2022, recently announced the extension of the capabilities of its platform to third-party logistics (3PL) providers. As a result, five of the world's largest 3PL firms are equipped with the company's Supply Chain Intelligence Platform to provide chain transparency around On-Time, In Quality, In-Full and automated sensing of shipment milestones. With the combination of sensor and no...