The Daily: December 21, 2021
The Daily aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for December 21, 2021 from iLevel Logistics Inc.
“There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.”
– Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything
Today’s Featured Article:
Our supply chain woes didn't start with the pandemic | TheHill
“This holiday season, Americans have a new reason to stress: the dreaded supply chain crisis. The bottleneck of goods has many people doing their holiday shopping early while worrying about rising costs and shortages.”
Small Businesses’ Big Message For The Markets – The Felder Report
Supply-Chain Crisis: Government Can Do Little to Solve | National Review
Since 1980s US chances of a white Christmas melt a bit | AP News
Trends in Class 8 Trucks - Equipment - Trucking Info
Shortage of 21st century logistics talent a major challenge for 2022 - The Loadstar
OOIDA on improving retention: ‘Put it on the paycheck’ - Land Line
White House lights up Manchin after he crushes Biden's megabill - POLITICO
Appeals court lets vaccine mandate live on | FleetOwner
ATA, OOIDA reactions mixed to Biden trucking plan | Commercial Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)
Amazon Tornado Aftermath: Workers Say They Lacked Emergency Training | 2021-12-17 | SupplyChainBrain
“Health & Safety” Featured Article:
How to Build a Safety Culture at Your Fleet - Safety & Compliance - Trucking Info
“What are your chances of being hit with a nuclear verdict? A bad FMCSA audit? Or skyrocketing insurance rates?”
Christmas Trees: A Tradition Affected by Supply Chain & Climate Change (morethanshipping.com)
Europe Braces For Energy Crunch As Deep Freeze Sets In (gcaptain.com)
Why Major OEMs Are Moving to In-house Chip Production | SupplyChainBrain
2021: Year of the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Law | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)
Major funding: FHWA delivers more than $52B to federal highways - TheTrucker.com
With Christmas in the balance, nations eye UK omicron surge | AP News
New Safety Guidance for Dangerous Goods Storage | Material Handling and Logistics (mhlnews.com)
European Truck EV Charging Network One Step Closer - Fuel Smarts - Trucking Info
Thai parcel delivery company shares business plans for the pandemic (cnbc.com)
Report: Logistics outsourcing budgets to grow over next two years | DC Velocity
Europe Is Desperate for LNG While Asia Has More Than It Needs | 2021-12-20 | SupplyChainBrain
New diesel engine oil category reaches development milestone | FleetOwner
“Company Culture” Featured Article:
Choose a 3PL with a Culture and Vision that Match Your Own - Inbound Logistics
“Transportation has often been considered a commodity. Equipment, fuel, software, and wages are all very similar from a cost perspective. A 3PL's culture can be a competitive advantage.”
Nikola delivers first Tre BEV to Total Transportation Services | FleetOwner
3 Ways To Keep Your People From Burning Out | Inc.com
The final Wrap-up of this year – the ATSC Awards 2021 - All Things Supply Chain
If Words Had Calories – Suggestions for Bloviators | Leadership Freak
Truckers in Colorado protest driver's 110-year sentence for fatal pile-up - The Loadstar
Amazon to Hold Off Warehouse Phone Ban ‘Until Further Notice’ | 2021-12-19 | SupplyChainBrain
The biggest heavy-duty truck equipment stories of the year (fleetequipmentmag.com)
Drones take center stage in US-China war on data harvesting | AJOT.COM






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