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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Signs marking the Dakota Access Pipeline are seen north of Cannonball, N.D. and the Standing Rock Reservation on Thursday May 20, 2021.

Judge: Pipeline Can Stay Open Pending Review

Attorneys for the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes say the pipeline is operating illegally.

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Produce Association: Industry Facing Wood Pallet Crisis

The United Fresh Produce Association says due to spiked lumber costs, the price of pallets is up by as much as 400 percent compared to pre-pandemic.

The CMA CGM Marco Polo makes it way toward the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal as seen from Bayonne, N.J., Thursday, May 20, 2021. When the CMA CGM Marco Polo docks in New Jersey Thursday it will set a record for the largest container ship ever to visit the East Coast, a reflection both of the New York/New Jersey port system's multibillion-dollar efforts to accommodate larger ships and of the surging demand nationwide for products as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease.

Largest Container Ship Hits East Coast

Ports are seeing a surge.

A prototype of a truck for future electric technology strategy of the Daimler Trucks company is presented during a news conference in Berlin, Germany last September.

Daimler Truck Says Batteries, Hydrogen Are the Future

Despite infrastructure challenges, the company's roadmap foresees up to 60% of sales as battery or hydrogen vehicles by 2030.

20 Companies Responsible for Half of World’s Single-Use Plastic

And a pair of U.S. companies leads the way.

A man walks into Central Station next to Canadian National headquarters in Montreal on Nov. 26, 2019.

CN Says It's Still Committed to $33.6B Railroad Acquisition

It would be the first major railroad merger in more than 20 years.

A Canadian National locomotive passes by freight containers at the Canadian National Taschereau yard in Montreal, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. Canadian National sweetened its offer to buy Kansas City Southern railroad Thursday, May 13, 2021, and derailed rival Canadian Pacific’s bid for the railroad that handles traffic in the United States and Mexico.

Regulators Deal Blow to Proposed Rail Deal

The STB has said it will review any deal involving Kansas City Southern carefully to determine if it would enhance competition and serve the public interest.

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Flames Engulf Cargo Ship's Remains

It's too early to know how much the blaze might delay efforts to remove the partly submerged shipwreck that remains off the Georgia coast.

A pump at a gas station in Silver Spring, Md., is out of service, notifying customers they are out of fuel, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Motorists found gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states Thursday while the operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline reported making 'substantial progress' in resolving the computer hack-induced shutdown responsible for the empty tanks.

Hacked Pipeline Resumes 'Normal Operations'

The pipeline system delivers about 45% of the gasoline consumed on the East Coast.

In this October 2016, file photo, is an aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to go after Enbridge's profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if it isn't shut down. The Democratic governor issued the warning Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in a letter to Enbridge, a Canadian oil transport company.

Mich. Gov. Threatens Profit Seizure if Pipeline Defies Shutdown

Enbridge repeated its intention to defy Whitmer's demand.

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Chips Propel Surge in Taiwan Exports

The recovery in global manufacturing is straining demand for processor chips.