Today’s Pickup
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Today’s Pickup: Growth of on-demand mobility comes at the cost of public transport and marginalized people
On-demand mobility tramples on public transit; lab-meat will replace large chunks of the conventional meat industry; OPEC cuts oil demand forecast for third consecutive month.
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Today’s Pickup: ‘Stink fruit’ cargo spoiled an Air Canada flight
Pilots donned oxygen masks and returned to Vancouver after shipment of durian filled the 767 with the fruit’s notoriously noxious aroma.
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Today’s pickup: Fool on for the final mile; IMO 2020’s long reach
The Motley Fool discovers last-mile logistics. IMO 2020 will impact logistics warehousing footprint, JLL says
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Today’s Pickup: The Netherlands is shutting Europe’s largest gas field in a push for renewables
The Netherlands is closing down its Groningen gas field by 2022; the U.S. economy might be inching towards recession; electric vehicles will be the future…
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Today’s Pickup: This drone could save your life
Deliveries of automated defibrillators by drone beat paramedics by seven minutes to simulated cardiac arrest patients during round of test flights in Canada.
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Today’s Pickup: Convoy expands shipper options to include free transportation management system
Convoy has rolled out a free transportation management system for shippers. Also, USPS is interested in drone operators, Rivian wants people to subscribe to its…
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Today’s pick-up: A nickel for your thoughts; car-haulers cry the capacity-shortage blues
A shortage of nickel may stall EV battery production' car haulers cry the driver shortage blues; where will the value-added warehouse jobs come from?
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Today’s Pickup: Ryder centralizes customer support with national rollout of RAN
Ryder has expanded its Ryder Assist Now customer support center nationally, giving customers a single source to get all their questions answered and service issues…
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Today’s Pickup: Dart celebrates history, truckers during Driver Appreciation Week
Dart Transit celebrated its 85 years in business and Truck Driver Appreciation Week earlier this month, awarding drivers raffle prizes that included a new pickup,…
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Today’s pickup: Elon and Jeff: The Best of Enemies; India advances national logistics policy
Amazon's EV order a shot at Tesla; India advances national logistics policy.
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