The world is off track on meeting Paris climate accord targets. (WSJ)
The top U.S. crash investigator says Tesla is pushing out upgrades to its driver-assistance software before addressing safety deficiencies in its technology. (WSJ)
Workers at snack-food maker Mondelez International ended a weekslong strike as union members accepted a new four-year contract. (WSJ)
Hezbollah is delivering Iranian fuel by truck to Lebanon to alleviate an energy crisis in the country. (WSJ)
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are expanding gate and terminal hours and taking other steps to speed the flow of containers through the congested gateways. (Daily Breeze)
The world’s major maritime competition regulators have found no evidence of collusion between container lines or the big three global alliances. (Lloyd’s List)
British retailer John Lewis has started to charter ships to move containers ahead of the holidays. (Evening Standard)
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries raised nearly $1 billion in an initial public stock offering. (Korea Times)
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is trying to buy Brazilian domestic operator Log-In Logistica. (TradeWinds)
Retailer Big Lots is setting up "pop-up" distribution centers to bypass its standard logistics network to get holiday imports to stores faster. (Supply Chain Dive)
U.K. farmers have sharply reduced fruit and vegetable plantings because labor shortages have left crops wilting. (Financial Times)
Amazon is building two 1 million-square-foot distribution centers in Pasco, Wash. (Tri-City Herald)
Pitney Bowes says Amazon surpassed FedEx in parcel volume last year with 4.2 billion shipments. (Modern Retail)
The DeepWay subsidiary of Chinese technology company Baidu is advancing plans for a self-driving heavy-duty truck. (South China Morning Post)
CBRE says U.S. industrial real-estate leasing activity soared 52% in the first seven months of the year. (Logistics Management)
British grocer Co-op and Starship Technologies will deploy 500 robots for home-delivery across the U.K. (Logistics Manager)
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