The Daily: November 17, 2021
The Daily aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for November 17, 2021 from iLevel Logistics Inc.
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
— Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox
Today’s Featured Article:
Supreme Court asks Solicitor General to weigh in on AB 5 | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)
“The United States Supreme Court on Monday invited the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the federal government’s views on whether the Supreme Court should hear the California Trucking Association’s suit claiming federal law preempts California’s AB 5 for the trucking industry. AB 5, if applied to trucking, would effectively ban the leased owner-operator model in California. “
Private Fleets Investing in Growth, Safety, Drivers - Fleet Management - Trucking Info
Packed ports and empty shelves: Inside the issues behind the U.S. supply chain crisis - CBS News
IT execs say pandemic has accelerated business transformation priorities | DC Velocity
Podcast: Top 10 Supply Chain Threats with CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly
What’s in the $550 Billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill | 2021-11-08 | SupplyChainBrain
What to Expect Post-Covid for the Shipping Industry - More Than Shipping
Federal Maritime Commission to Examine Maritime Supply Chain Data Sharing (gcaptain.com)
Two drivers who died while helping others earn posthumous Highway Angel wings - TheTrucker.com
Christmas trees are the next domino to fall as supply chain disruptions drag on - DAT
Americans ramped up retail spending a strong 1.7% last month (apnews.com)
“Driver’s Issues” Featured Article:
Correcting the research record around truck driver turnover | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)
“We hear the reports all the time. “Driver shortage” at critical stage, Trucking needs young blood in the industry. ... DRIVE Safe Act this, pilot program for 18-year-olds that. I have written about it before, but all too often the reports we hear are generated by those paying for unused equipment – those who look out their office windows and see empty trucks sitting on the yard.”
Biden Considering Small Business Vaccine Mandate - Small Business Trends (smallbiztrends.com)
Foldable Shipping Containers? New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams | 2021-11-16 | SupplyChainBrain
Diesel Continues Slow Climb, Rises 0.4¢ to $3.734 | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)
Survey: winter peak continues pandemic e-commerce rush | DC Velocity
Key reason for supply shortages: Americans keep spending (apnews.com)
Mondelez International on dislocations in food supply chains (cnbc.com)
Supply Chain News: One more Time, is there Really a US Truck Driver Shortage? | SCDIGEST
Infrastructure Bill Becomes Law | Material Handling and Logistics (mhlnews.com)
Intermodal analyst Gross sees signs congestion will ease | AJOT.COM
What to make of new electric truck OEMs (fleetequipmentmag.com)
Now is the time to shockproof supply chains, with a 3-pronged approach | Supply Chain Dive
“Maintenance” Featured Article:
Navistar Launches Truck Tech Apprenticeship Program - Maintenance - Trucking Info
“Navistar has launched its International Truck Uptime Academy, a 12-month technician apprenticeship program that offers paid, hands-on training in a real-world setting.”
Walmart earnings: America's largest retailer is navigating the supply chain just fine - CNN
L.A., Long Beach to Delay Start of Fee for Lingering Containers | 2021-11-15 | SupplyChainBrain
Lineage Logistics keeps cool with new generator design | DC Velocity
Uber Freight’s acquisition of Transplace is a done deal - Supply Chain 24/7 (supplychain247.com)
Inflation is temporary problem, not 1970s all over again: David Rubenstein (cnbc.com)
Former New Orleans Mayor Landrieu to Manage Infrastructure plan | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)
How Simultaneous Planning Changes Series Production – All Things Supply Chain
Fleets turn to eBay, rural shops in a scramble to find parts | Transport Dive
The Delays Are Feeding Each Other - Supply Chain Management Review (scmr.com)
Across the Pond: The European Transportation Market (November 2021) (talkinglogistics.com)
Pitney Bowes boosts in-house trucking fleet to avoid spot market | Supply Chain Dive
What we can learn from trucking’s Top 10 concerns - Truck News
White House Spurns Intel Plan to Boost Chip Production in China | 2021-11-15 | SupplyChainBrain
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