“The vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus),” according to a survey of registered nurses conducted by National Nurses United (NNU) and released on March 5th.

While there’s been a string of major trade show cancellations, Medica 2020 could be “the show of all shows.”

SeaIntelligence’s Jensen says, despite Coronavirus, China’s recovery is inevitable but exporters to China will suffer.

Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), which represents farmers, shippers and tug and barge operators on the Mississippi and other rivers, sharply criticized President Trump’s 2021 budget proposals for the U.S. inland waterways and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calling them “Astonishingly Inadequate” and noting:

Innovation is critical to the success of retailers at a time when consumers may well be buying less, according to the top executive of Levi Strauss & Co., addressing the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s supply chain forum Tuesday [Feb. 25] in Grapevine, Texas.

Delivering productivity gains averaging 70 percent, robots are increasingly being deployed to pick items for shipment from warehouses, according to a DHL Supply Chain design team executive exhibiting at this week’s Retail Industry Leaders Association conference.

Logistics decision-makers must be open to radical new solutions, according to a futurist opening the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s big annual supply chain gathering today [Monday, Feb. 24] in Grapevine, Texas.

Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, Transport Canada officials announced during a teleconference call Wednesday, according to people who participated in the call.

All markets and industries are exposed to corruption risk, but some sectors are at greater risk than others. Due to the nature of the business, companies that require licenses or concessions from government institutions are more exposed to bribery and corruption risk.

Disruption in logistics has continued at a rapid pace in the last five years. Supply chain leaders still have trouble understanding which technologies are worthwhile to implement. They may find that blockchain is a solution that serves as the cornerstone in making future disruption work for their supply chain.