freight transport
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Amazon’s Newest Warehouse Workers Will Never Unionize
Amazon has faced lots of public scrutiny and backlash for the dangerous working conditions in its warehouses. And rightfully so. Amazon warehouses seem like bad places to work. As a consequence, there’ve been hints that the company is struggling to find enough people to fill all the warehouse jobs.
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Amazon Is Making Its Own Shipping Containers And Chartering Ships Because The System Is Broken
It’s bad out there folks. There’s a shortage of everything from soda to chicken tenders. And it’s all because companies cant get their hands on what’s needed to make goods, or transport them once they’re made.
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Yes, The Ever Given Is Still Screwing Up Global Shipping
The Ever Given saga seemingly has no end, as ports around the world continue to struggle to clear backlogs of goods from when the ship blocked the Suez Canal for six days back in March.
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X-Rays Help Scientists Read ‘Letterlocked’ Renaissance Mail
In July 1697, Jacques Sennacques of Lille, France, scribbled off a missive to his merchant cousin, Pierre le Pers, in The Hague. The subject of discussion was a death certificate for their relative, a topic which the cousins had discussed previously but le Pers had neglected to follow up on. The letter was the Renaissance…