Transportation & Logistics
Strikes at East and Gulf Coast ports could cripple Memphis shippers and US economy
About 43% of imports into the U.S. flow through the coastal ports.
Jane Roberts
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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Health Care U of M summit presents high stakes of public health
“If we don’t find a way to work together, ... these problems can get bigger and worse,” said William Yotive, coordinator for World Federation of United Nations Associations. “Then, we lose control.”
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Transportation & Logistics Memphis to get daily nonstop flights to Austin, Texas
The flight service comes after American Airlines dropped the same route earlier.
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Transportation & LogisticsStrike closes East, Gulf coasts’ ports; locals hope for quick solution
Importers in Memphis are trying to locate loads dropped off ships before the strike started and notify customers.
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Transportation & LogisticsIn the nation’s No. 2 city for cargo theft, experts seek answers
The city is positioned to be a transportation powerhouse, but crime is a problem. Cargo thefts in Memphis were up nearly 60% in the first six months of 2024 over all of 2023, said Memphis Logistics Summit panelist Melzie Wilson.
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Transportation & Logistics Southwest starts nonstops to Las Vegas, Phoenix
The airline’s new service will operate Thursday through Monday, joining several Memphis nonstops added in the last six weeks, including Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Business Want to do business with the U of M? This session will give you the scoop.
The session from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 9, is geared particularly to small businesses.
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Business Robotic events, including humanoid forum, bringing big names to Memphis
The Humanoid Robot Forum and the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference, both at the Renasant Convention Center, will bring together experts, industrial users and suppliers, including AI companies.
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Business New legal aid provider takes over, finds a caring legal community
West Tennessee Legal Services inherited more cases when federal funding was terminated for Memphis Area Legal Services June 30, due to a list of inefficiencies.
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BusinessHumanoid robots to work alongside people in 2 years or less, expert says
Humanoids already exist in some workplaces, managing repetitive and dangerous jobs. But, at a robot forum in Memphis, Melanee Wise said that switch is about to flip.
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Health Care Former NBA player out to change stigma of stutter
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has helped pass bills in two states to make insurance cover speech therapy. Tennessee is one of his next targets.
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BusinessMeet Karen Waldrop, who stops for snakes and turtles
The Ducks Unlimited conservation officer had a part in DU putting a record 1 million acres in conservation programs this year. She recently received the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies lifetime achievement award.
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Transportation & Logistics IMC employees dispatch disaster aid for hurricane victims
On Monday, Oct. 14, IMC employees packed grills, charcoal, diapers, formula, tents, sleeping bags, baby medications and generators into a 20-foot shipping container.
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Business IP lays off 400 in Memphis in restructuring
In all, the company is cutting 650 jobs, 400 of them in Memphis, its headquarters.
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Business Former priest takes reins at Catholic Charities of West Tennessee
George Nixon begins work next week, charged with finding new sources of revenue and fostering community ownership of a charity that feeds the poor, houses the homeless and serves in disaster.
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Business IP closing 5 plants, laying off additional 500 people
One closing is in Cleveland, Tennessee, part of what a Truist Securities analyst calls a process of “strategic, commercial and cultural reset.”
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City of MemphisJunior League honors the one woman who makes it all work
For 35 years, Pat Pope has been the office manager, the first person people see when they visit the offices on Central and the spirit of collegiality in its work.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx added $85B to global economy, billions more through suppliers
In 2023, FedEx spent $284 million with Shelby County suppliers. Statewide, it spent $637 million with suppliers.
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Transportation & Logistics Aviation intel: Memphis airport tour takes you behind scenes, across fields
The airport is building a better understanding, one person at a time, on what it takes to expand and add cities.
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Arts & Culture Sheila E. to speak at Rhodes College
Sheila E., a Grammy- and Emmy-nominated musician and percussionist, will discuss her music and career at Rhodes College Oct. 28 as part of its Springfield Music Lecture Series.
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Transportation & LogisticsPilot who forged career in sky joins state Aviation Hall of Fame
When he started flying at FedEx in 1983, Albert Glenn was one of eight Black pilots in the ranks. He’s spent the rest of his life raising money and starting training programs to help Black students interested in aviation.
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Transportation & Logistics Memphis airport will get nonstop flight to NOLA for Mardi Gras
Throw the beads! The flight will operate daily from the end of February to the beginning of March 2025.
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Business Buc-ee’s coming to West Memphis
The 74,000-square-foot travel center, one of the largest in the region, is set to bring about 225 jobs to the area.
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Education U of M business school gets largest gift ever
Avron B. Fogelman’s gift is the single largest gift to the business college and among the largest to the campus as a whole.
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Business IP closing South Carolina mill, hundreds losing jobs
The Memphis-based company’s announcement of the closing in South Carolina is in addition to previous layoff announcements.
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