Often near urban centers, ports are ideal locations for smart, resilient, and sustainable transportation and clean energy infrastructure The global supply chain, a complex web of ships, trucks, and rail, is undergoing a profound transformation. At the heart of this change are the world’s major ports, which are evolving from simple cargo transfer points into […]
Wireless connectivity is foundational to modern logistics. From handheld scanners to autonomous vehicles, most systems rely on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or cellular to keep information flowing. These radio-based networks work well in most environments, but not all. That’s where Li-Fi enters the picture. Li-Fi, or Light Fidelity, uses modulated LED light to transmit data. It operates […]
WiseTech Global, developer of the logistics execution software CargoWise, has announced the acquisition of U.S.-based E2open. The transaction reflects an enterprise value of approximately $2.1 billion and is fully debt-funded through a new syndicated debt facility, as initially announced on 26 May 2025. E2open provides cloud-based trade and supply chain software solutions. The acquisition expands […]
Modern logistics relies on more than trucks, containers, and warehouses. Increasingly, it depends on data, not just from central systems, but from the edges of the operation, where assets move across regions, idle in yards, or sit unattended for days or weeks. In this environment, LoRaWAN has quietly become one of the most practical technologies […]
Octave’s Mission: Building Systems That Don’t Break At Hexagon’s recent global leadership event Hexagon LIVE, Mattias Stenberg, who was appointed in October 2024 to lead Octave, a strategic spinout from Hexagon, delivered a keynote that was both grounded and far-reaching. His talk offered a clear-eyed assessment of the state of critical infrastructure today, and what […]
This week’s headlines reveal a logistics industry caught between two worlds: one still hampered by legacy systems and regulatory bottlenecks, and another rapidly evolving into a landscape defined by real-time orchestration, intelligent automation, and hardened digital trust. The transformation begins at the warehouse. As outlined in “Eight Capabilities Shaping the Next Generation of WMS”, modern […]
Blue Yonder continues to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability with its latest acquisition of a UK-based Pledge Earth Technologies (Pledge). Announced at its ICON 2025 conference in Nashville, Chief Sustainability Officer Saskia Van Gendy joined CEO Angove on stage to share what this means for the organization and its customers. Pledge provides supply teams and […]
