Topic: Sustainability

The November FRI was down 0.4% from October to November, falling for the seventh time in the last eight months, and it was off 4.4% annually, due largely to an intermodal slowdown in recent months, noted the report.

At Prologis’ Groundbreakers event, CEO Hamid Moghadam and Secretary Doug Burgum emphasized the urgent need for abundant, reliable energy to power AI growth, digital infrastructure, and next-gen supply chains

The Association for Supply Chain Management has released its Top 10 Trends for 2026, highlighting how artificial intelligence, workforce evolution, trade dynamics, resilience, and sustainability will reshape global supply chains.

In a recent Reuters webinar, industry experts emphasize integration of ESG priorities, harnessing AI responsibly, and navigating regulatory and tariff uncertainty.

Earlier this week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said that the EPA has proposed to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding that has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regulations, including the Biden-Harris Administration’s electric vehicle mandate.

Industry groups praised the decision, saying the rules hurt truck sales.

Keeping in line with its myriad sustainability initiatives, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) recently announced it has rolled out two new incentive-based programs, for a cumulative $57.4 million, focused on accelerating emissions reductions through the purchase of zero-emissions cargo handling equipment and cleaner harbor craft.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Breakthrough, a provider of fuel and freight solutions for shippers, issued “2025 State of Transportation Report.” A key focus of this report centered around what Breakthrough called an expected freight market flip, coupled with new governmental and economic headwinds that will shape shippers’ strategies over the next 12 months.

A global survey of over 5,000 small and midsized businesses find few are willing to dedicate significant resources to building sustainable delivery options.

n this video, Toyota Material Handling delves into the principles of lean thinking, illustrating how it can transform operations across industries.

In this podcast, LM Group News Editor interviews Mark Baxa, President & CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

This endeavor, which kicked off in January, is comprised of Kodiak’s autonomous trucks hauling Bridgestone’s passenger car tires between South Carolina and Dallas, according to the companies. And they added that over this period there have been no accidents, while having hit 100% on-time pick-up and delivery, coupled with the three companies also expanding efforts in the form of more weekly deliveries on the route.

A collaboration announced this week between two well-known supply chain players—San Francisco-based real estate investment trust company Prologis and Performance Team, a subsidiary of Copenhagen, Denmark-based A.P. Moeller Maersk, an integrated global logistics services provider, operating more than 140 electric vehicles across the U.S.­—heralds the rollout of the largest heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging depot in Southern California.

The analysis, entitled “Charged Logistics: The Cost of Electric Vehicle Conversion for U.S. Commercial Fleets,” takes a deep dive into the myriad challenges related to converting to EVs, including what it called evolving state and federal legal requirements focused on transitioning to zero-emissions vehicles.

The trucking industry says new, tougher-than-expected emission standards for heavy-duty trucks recently announced by the Biden Administration have unachievable targets and will carry real consequences for the U.S. supply chain and movement of freight throughout the economy.

The new “State of Transportation” report issued today by Green Bay, Wis.-based Breakthrough, a provider of fuel and freight solutions for shippers, addressed myriad components of freight transportation and logistics impacting shippers and carriers, including volatile weather, sustainability and emissions reduction, and over-the-road capacity, among others. 

As the Biden administration moves ahead with planned deployment of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electric charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure from 2024 to 2040, trucking industry officials are warning of excessive costs associated with such electrification.

The Biden administration just released its plan to establish a charging and refueling infrastructure network for zero-emission commercial trucks. It’s an ambitious initiative that seeks to maximize the impact of charging infrastructure investment by guiding development toward high-volume-priority corridors and existing freight hubs.

The company said that this business unit now has more than $200 million euro ($218.2 million USD) in freight under management and is on track for $2 billion ($2.18 billion USD) by 2028.

There’s safety in numbers and in cooperation. That’s what three major worldwide heavy truck manufacturers seem to be saying in getting ready for vehicle electrification. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) Volvo Trucks North America, Navistar and Daimler Truck North America are trying to reduce transportation's carbon footprint by taking a collective approach.