Global Scans · Logistics · Weekly Summary

• [New] Automation could take away 85 million jobs by 2025, hitting warehousing and logistics hard. Pouted Magazine
• Hormel Foods will end bacon production at its Tucker, Georgia plant, resulting in 135 job losses, while API Logistics Warehouse Management Services will cut 118 jobs in Lithia Springs after losing a major client. Global Trade Magazine
• A transition to circularity could create 7 to 8 million new jobs globally, particularly in labor-intensive fields like repair services and reverse logistics. Okon Recycling
• If Canada were to buy, say, Swedish-designed Saab Gripen fighter jets on top of the 16 F-35s it has so far put money down to buy from Lockheed Martin, Canada would forge a trans-Atlantic defence supply chain with the potential to create thousands of jobs. The Globe and Mail
• $220 billion in domestic manufacturing capacity has been pledged through 2026, creating new manufacturing jobs and strengthening U.S. supply chain resilience across aerospace, semiconductor, and electric vehicles sectors. Altios
• With a shovel-ready plan and strong community support, the Marathon Project has the potential to deliver critical minerals, create skilled jobs and strengthen the Canadian supply chain for a more resilient future. financialpost
• APM Terminals underscores Nigeria's opportunity to leapfrog fossil-powered logistics by electrifying its containerised trade, potentially unlocking $830m in investments by 2030, creating skilled jobs, reducing 390 ktCO2e emissions, and improving power reliability and public health. Punch Newspapers
• Victoria's offshore wind industry will provide local opportunities long into the future, including jobs and career pathways, boosts for businesses through manufacturing and supply chain development, and community investment. Energy
• Atlantic Shores Project 1 is New Jersey's first offshore wind project and COP approval will enable the near-term creation of thousands of in-demand jobs and acceleration of billions of dollars in supply chain investments being made in the Garden State. ROI-NJ
• SINGAPORE - Around 170 new jobs will be created by the Singapore subsidiary of Japanese logistics company Sankyu with the construction of a built-to-suit, fully air-conditioned warehouse facility in Tuas with about 57,000 storage pallets. The Straits Times
• Major and sudden supply chain disruptions would quickly see Americans beginning to lose their jobs as trade between the US and China comes to a halt. The Mirror US
• Hydrogen Investment: will support thousands of direct and indirect jobs by 2030, with further jobs likely in end use sectors and the wider supply chain. GOV.UK
• Investment in defence will support highly skilled jobs and apprenticeships across the UK, indirectly benefiting the logistics and transport sectors. Backhouse Jones
• A hypothetical large-scale biodiesel plant in Iowa, using advanced algae-based technology, could create over 500 direct jobs and thousands of indirect jobs in related industries like transportation and logistics. 2025

Last updated: 14 September 2025