disaster relief
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Blockchain
Today’s Pickup: FEMA report suggests blockchain for disaster, insurance claims
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s advisory board recommends a pilot of the blockchain-based registry to ultimately improve claim processes and disaster responses.
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American Shipper
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News
Headline: US DOT providing $871 million for highway disaster relief
Puerto Rico getting 25% of money in wake of 2017 hurricanes.
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Amazon to fly two freighters of relief supplies for Dorian survivors
Amazon Air to operate 2 freighters full of relief supplies to Dorian survivors in The Bahamas
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Canada
Port of Halifax back to normal, awaits post-Dorian backlog
Canada’s fourth-busiest port reports 17 cargo vessels a day or more off schedule as region recovers from tropical storm.
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News
Slideshow: The freight before the storm
In anticipation of Hurricane Dorian, hundreds of trucks delivered trailers laden with supplies for FEMA to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. FreightWaves photographer…
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News
South Florida begins feeling effects of approaching Dorian
U.S. National Hurricane Center extends hurricane watch as Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport closes in response to tropical storm-level winds.
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News
Freight brokers: FEMA pre-positioning for Hurricane Dorian has begun
Brokers large and small report surges of water loads inbound to Florida.
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News
Major earthquake shakes Peru
Magnitude-8 temblor felt across the region. Authorities report one death, in addition to injuries and collapsed roads in remote Amazon region.
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Trucking
Today’s Pickup: Old Dominion pledges disaster relief support to Red Cross; teen inventors
Old Dominion has made a commitment to donate up to $250,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund.
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