Lightweight Plastics to Create Cleaner Future
The Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee report includes significant funding to support lower-carbon vehicles and to drive development of new technologies that use lightweight materials. According to Joshua Baca, vice president for plastics at the American Chemistry Council, “Lightweight plastics help automakers build safer, more fuel-efficient cars and are essential to creating our nation’s low-carbon […]
Farmers Cannot Ship Crops, New Crops Coming
Supplies are available, demand is high, but the means of transportation and delivery are far behind schedule. This is leading to another issue altogether: with a new season on the way and a warehouse full of produce ready to be distributed from last season, farmers are not sure how they will store their fall crops, […]
Container Crisis: Where Are They?
Containers have been increasingly elusive since the beginning of 2020, not due to a lack of quantity, but because of supply chain disruptions displacing shipments. Efforts to combat high demurrage costs at congested ports have led to supply chain managers redistributing receiving areas in attempts to get shipments as close to their destinations as possible […]
Heatwaves to Cause Worst Wildfire Season on Record
Unprecedented weather across North America could lead to trucking, logistics, and supply chain issues with little to no warning. A BBC article states that the heatwave in the United States is contributing to America and Canada’s worst wildfire seasons yet. With reports from the US drought monitor affirming that at least half the nation has […]
Predictions for Hurricane Season
Now is the time to secure supply chains through the fall for what could be an above-average hurricane season in the Gulf area. A recent article details a forecast of the 2021 hurricane season according to hurricane research specialists at Yale University. After earlier-than-anticipated Elsa surged its way across the coast, experts are predicting a […]
