Weekly wrap-up

Maritime Shipping: It’s all smooth sailing despite historic fuel switch Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to implement a major maritime fuel change aimed at reducing emissions. The…

U.S. manufacturing drops to its lowest levels since 2009 The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index has fallen again in December 2019 for the fifth consecutive month. The index…

Amazon blocks sellers from using FedEx ground-delivery shipping Third-party sellers on Amazon will no longer be able to use FedEx’s ground-delivery service. In a message sent to sellers on Sunday,…

Walmart launches autonomous grocery delivery in Houston Walmart has announced that it will partner with Nuro, a robotics company, to launch a pilot project that will make autonomous grocery deliveries…

Ford is making car parts with McDonalds waste In 2018, McDonalds sold 822 million cups of coffee in the US resulting in a lot of coffee chaff, which is the…

Blockchain could save the food industry billions, according to new research Blockchain could save the food industry $31 billion by the year 2024 according to new data from Juniper Research.…

UPS to improve precision logistics Early next year UPS will launch its UPS Premier service, which will use sensors that can track medical packages at all times. The service will…

Tesla to open its first European factory Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has previously talked about Tesla’s aims to build a European factory, but it was while he was at…

Ralph Lauren to improve supply chain visibility Ralph Lauren will improve supply chain visibility of all Polo products by stitching QR tags into garments adjacent to the traditional branding tags.…

Amazon unveils free grocery delivery Amazon has announced that it will offer its Amazon Fresh service to prime customers for free. The company revealed that it would be removing the…