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Oct. 24, 2025

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Oct. 24, 2025

Prologis Say Demand for Warehouse Space is Back. Amazon says Robotics will Avoid a Huge Number of Jobs. CAT Doling Out Cash for Worker Development. Countries Vote Down IMO Green Fees


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That is how many new hires Amazon says it will be able to avoid over the next eight years through use of AI and robotics, according to a story this week in the New York Times, based on internal Amazon documents seen by the paper. The article also said Amazon's robotics group has a long-term goal to automate 75% of its operations. The Times quoted Daron Acemoglu, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has a Nobel Prize in economics. He said, “Nobody else has the same incentive as Amazon to find a way to automate.” To accomplish this, the company’s e-commerce division will need nearly a million robots.”

That was the rise in Q3 revenue - to $2.21 billion – for warehouse developer Prologis, from $2.04 billion in the same quarter last year. In its earnings report, Prologis said companies are ramping up their warehouse-leasing decisions after three years of slow demand. “Demand has clearly turned a corner,” said Chris Caton, managing director of global strategy and analytics at Prologis, on a call with investors Wednesday. Caton said Prologis is seeing more tenants sign deals for new space. All that good news on the overall US economy.



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That is how many nations voted to delay implementation of a new fee schedule from the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) based on the “green-ness” of a ship’s fuel and other attributes. Just 49states opposed the delay to at least 2026. The majority No vote was fueled by a vigorous campaign led by US President Trump, who said on social media that he was “outraged” at the planned vote. He said the US would not back the “Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping ... in any way, shape, or form,” and he threatened to retaliate if nations supported it, such as by reducing its payments to other UN areas. The Administration also warned last week it would consider imposing sanctions on any government that voted for the tax.



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That is how much Caterpillar announced that Indiana will be receive as it is among the first states to be funded from the company’s five-year, $100 million workforce pledge, Cat has committed the money for training and upskilling efforts across the state. The pledge, announced as part of the company's Centennial celebration, aims to grow interest in advanced manufacturing careers and prepare U.S workers for the future, unlocking quality jobs and industry-wide innovation, the company said. Caterpillar will announce future workforce pledges in other states soon.

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