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Business Insider | March 05, 2020

Big tech companies - specifically Google-parent Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon - have their eyes set on the transportation space, which is undergoing a rapid transformation. Across the globe, legacy transportation firms are contending with forces that are reducing the appeal of traditional gas-powered vehicles, including the rise of mobility companies like Uber and Lime, regulatory pushes for cleaner vehicles, and consumer demands for a more streamlined, digital in-car experience. These forces have...

SUPPLY CHAIN

Sixfold | May 10, 2021

Sixfold, Europe's leading real-time transportation visibility platform has launched a data-sharing campaign aimed at a new era of openness, accessibility, and transparency in the supply chain and logistics sectors. The Open Visibility Data Exchange establishes a new data-sharing standard, allowing carriers and logistics service providers (LSPs) to take ownership of their real-time visibility data and optimize value for stakeholders in the supply chain. Accurate shipping ETAs h...

LOGISTICS

Lineage Logistics | October 08, 2021

Lineage Logistics LLC, a leading global temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, has completed its acquisition of Kloosterboer Group, a Netherlands-based, family-owned cold storage company with a strong global footprint. The companies combine to create an enhanced facility network in key European markets with a focus on sustainability and innovation within the temperature-controlled supply chain. Kloosterboer has 900 team members and 11 strategicall...

DHL | July 21, 2020

Supply chains adjusting to the shifting impacts of the current pandemic are currently in a "pre-new normal" stage of recovery and will have to make important changes to sourcing, transportation and warehousing networks during this phase to survive in a post-coronavirus world, according to a DHL whitepaper released Thursday.The paper notes that as countries, and regions within countries, begin to reopen at different rates, ramping up the supply chain to pre-pandemic levels all at ...