Manufacturing & Logistics

Supply chain, freight, ports, plants, and the distribution economy that defines the region.

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If El Niño throttles the Panama Canal, IE warehouses are on the winning side

NOAA has declared El Niño officially here, with a strong event now the most likely outcome — and a strong one means drought in Panama. For most of the country that's a supply-chain threat. For the IE, it would push cargo back toward the lane this region feeds.

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Hormuz hits IE freight through cost, not cargo — San Pedro ports near records in May
If El Niño throttles the Panama Canal, IE warehouses are on the winning side
California cleared driverless trucks. The Inland Empire is where the reckoning lands.
The tariff refunds are flowing to whoever held the import-of-record line — which in the IE often isn't the tenant
A national factory revival is a warning the Inland Empire reads backward
BNSF's $4 billion Barstow rail yard is built to pull transload work out of IE warehouses
National rail is surging on freight the Inland Empire doesn't run on
Argentine EV maker Voltu delivers first trucks from its Riverside plant, 400 jobs planned
Parker Hannifin to buy Corona-based Circor Aerospace from KKR for $2.55 billion
IE logistics shed 2,200 jobs as Washington pitches a faster supply chain
IE warehouse vacancy hit 7.8% as big tenants moved out, but Q1 leasing jumped 45%
Port of LA forecasts a 7% drop in box volume, and IE warehouses feel it on a lag
The Data Center That Ate the Warehouse Isn't Coming to the Inland Empire
Pet food maker Hoa's Global leases 163K SF in Ontario
Bloomington trucking firm changes hands with $2.8M approval
ViewSonic takes 171,913 SF at Ontario Ranch after 12 years in Chino
San Bernardino Is Building the Charging Network the Mandate Was Supposed to Require
Casting lead times jump from 15 to 24 weeks as supplier delays spread
The Robots Didn't File These WARN Notices
The IE's job engine has flipped from warehouses to hospitals
Premier, Penwood buy two Rialto Amazon warehouses for $270M
ONT cargo climbs while IE warehouse jobs keep bleeding
Why the data-center fight hasn't reached the Inland Empire
Why buying a used truck is a harder bet in the IE than almost anywhere else
For Fontana's steel firms, the tariff question isn't whether they import metal — it's where they sit in the chain
Demolition begins on the Ontario warehouse lost to fire
Ontario airport starts the clock on a fourth terminal
FedEx Freight is now independent — and it's coming after the IE's mid-market shippers
The Inland Empire runs on diesel, and diesel just became its biggest exposure
IE tomato prices hit an eight-year high as tariffs, freezes, and diesel stack up

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