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Funding

Briefing

The Series A funds pilots and early manufacturing of a driverless electric hauler for short container runs at ports, plants and rail yards.

Funding

Procurement

Its lead investor, Koch Disruptive Technologies, is also a customer that cut trading-partner onboarding from 95 steps to 32

Sustainability

Briefing

Walmart's 15-year deal with Constellation covers 176 MW from the Dresden plant for a new automated perishable DC

Funding

Fulfillment

UK startup Superlight raised $21M to scale its purpose-built electric middle-mile truck and prepare for entry into the US.

Trade

Briefing

A new Section 301 probe into German drug pricing threatens a third tariff layer on pharma imports

Briefing

Logistics

C.H. Robinson has acquired a cargo-security specialist, adding a vetted-driver network for high-value pharma, data center, and aerospace freight

Briefing

Logistics

UPS Healthcare is building 27 temperature-controlled cross-dock facilities to capture high-margin pharma freight

Sustainability

Briefing

DHL booked dedicated pallet space on a wind-powered trimaran for a 2027 transatlantic lane priced between air and sea freight

Regulation

Briefing

CBP's June 29 window covers $28.7B in refunds, but eligibility rules leave little room for error

Freight

Briefing

Barstow approved BNSF's $4B inland rail hub, built to pull processing off the LA docks