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Fresh off being acquired by Nippon Express aka NX GROUP (NIPPON EXPRESS GROUP) Metro Supply Chain has this week acquired BR Williams and their 1.5 Million square feet of warehousing in the US. Most importantly with this acquisition NX Group (Nippon Express) now has equivalent warehouse space in US & Canada to rival companies like A.P. Moller - Maersk Group! Cheers! Metro Supply Chain Group Inc. acquires warehousing assets in the Southern US from BR Williams linkedin.com/posts/jeffashc…

Happy Supply Chain Sunday! For 13th Supply Chain Sunday on @X, SCN is sharing Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain Cybersecurity X. com accounts! See replies below for X handles! Follow any new to you & reply to suggest other Supply Chain Cybersecurity X accounts not on list!

WOW BIG NEWS! The consolidation in Third Party Logistics continues with NX GROUP (NIPPON EXPRESS GROUP) acquiring all shares of Metro Supply Chain Group for just under $ 2 Billion! It was only in 2024 that Metro acquired one of my alma mater 3PL firms SCI Group Inc! Cheers! Acquisition of Shares of Metro Supply Chain Group (Turning into a Subsidiary) NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. (President: Satoshi Horikiri ; hereafter "NX Group") has reached an agreement to acquire all shares of Metro Supply Chain Group Inc. ("Metro Supply Chain Group") and entered into a share purchase agreement, dated April 17, 2026. The transaction values Metro Supply Chain Group at CAD 1.8 billion (approximately ¥207.0 billion) on an enterprise value basis,representing the largest acquisition in NX Group's history. In addition, an earnout of up to CAD 400 million (approximately ¥46.0 billion) may be payable to the sellers, contingent on the company meeting certain financial targets as defined in the share purchase agreement. lnkd.in/g6-nR3HV

Hearty congratulations to John Bayliss on joining Metro as EVP, national supply chain and procurement! Cheers! Former Walmart Canada exec John Bayliss to join Metro Bayliss will succeed Carmen Fortino as EVP, national supply chain and procurement linkedin.com/posts/jeffashc…

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This week you can get first in person look at the @Tesla Semi here in Toronto! Tesla Semi to make Canadian debut at Truck World after exclusive Vaughan showroom event driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-sem…

Atlanta, here we come! 👋 We can’t wait to see everyone soon for #MODEX2026, happening April 13-16. If you haven’t registered yet, there is still time. Join us in Atlanta: ow.ly/CSPC50YH9As #SupplyChainsEveryAngle

Happy Supply Chain Sunday! For our 11th Supply Chain Sunday here on @X, SCN is sharing several Strait of Hormuz status/news accounts from X. com! See replies for their X handles! Follow any new to you & reply to suggest other Strait of Hormuz X sources not on list!

@FloridaTurnpike Hello, Had concern that fraud was occurring with my SunPass account so removed the transponder number and now won’t allow me to add/activate again? Can you please help/advise how can be resolved quickly? Thanks!

Happy Supply Chain Sunday and Easter! For our 10th Supply Chain Sunday here on @X, SCN is sharing several Electric Truck accounts from X. com! See replies for their X handles! Follow any new to you & reply to suggest other Electric Truck X accounts not on list!

@fordnation @C_Mulroney can you please sort out the ability to use Apple AirPod hearing aid functions here in Ontario? Apparently Health Canada not hold up, but the province! Please help as cannot pay another $5,000 to replace 2nd set of hearing aids!!

@FloridaTurnpike @SunPass_FDOT Hello, Had concern that fraud was occurring with my SunPass account so removed the transponder number and now won’t allow me to add/activate again? Can you please help/advise how can be resolved quickly? Thanks!

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Happy Supply Chain Sunday! For our 9th Supply Chain Sunday here on @X, SCN is sharing several North American Trucking Association accounts from X. com! See replies for their X handles! Follow any new to you & reply to suggest other Trucking Association X accounts not on list!

Happy Supply Chain Sunday! For our 8th Supply Chain Sunday, SCN is sharing 12 Intralogistics & MH Engineering accounts from X. com! See replies for their @X handles! Follow those new to you & reply to suggest other Intralogistics & MH Engineering X accounts not on list!

Small tech, big impact. See how wearables from smart glasses to sensors are enhancing safety and performance on the warehouse floor. Watch the full video on MHI view: ow.ly/jpMu50YoKCb #warehousing #wearables

What happens when mobile manipulators go on a grid❓ This week Brightpick announced Gridpicker, its new robotic system for high-throughput applications. Combining AI-powered mobile manipulation with a high-density grid design, Gridpicker achieves up to 2x the throughput of shuttle systems at 40% lower cost and using 5x less labor. Most fascinating: The cost of Gridpicker DECREASES as automation increases 🤯 Traditional systems separate storage and picking. If you want more robotic picking, you add expensive robotic cells, more infrastructure, and more complexity. Gridpicker was designed differently: Each robot both retrieves items and picks them. The greater the share of robotically pickable items: The more productive each robot becomes The fewer robots are needed The lower the cost per order That means progress in AI and VLAs directly translate into better system economics over time. Hats off to @janz1zka that! 👏 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com

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REALLY pumped by the growing Supply Chain activity and accounts here on @X! Every few minutes seeing first posts in awhile from Supply Chain accounts I’ve been following since joining in February 2009! Why don’t you join us follow @SupplyChainNtwk, give us a shoutout! Cheers!

Visualized: Marine Shipping ⚓️ Oil Tankers by size, name and global function 🛢️ ULCC - Ultra Large Crude VLCC - Very Large Crude Smax - Suezmax Amax - Aframax Pmax - Panamax #supplychain #logistics #marinetransport