Our guest on this week&#x27;s episode is Kathy Fulton, executive director at the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN). It is officially the beginning of hurricane season – a period where these storms, as well as tornados and other natural disasters, such as this week’s earthquakes in Venezuela, leave behind considerable damage to towns in their wakes. It is during these times that the logistics industry snaps into action to help those in affected areas, as today’s guest discusses with our DC Velocity senior editor, Victoria Kickham. Those of us who grew up in the Jetsons and Star Wars eras have been imagining for a long time the advantages that humanoid robots could bring to everyday tasks. Senior News Editor Ben Ames has been tracking just how rapidly humanoid robotic technologies are now advancing. Hundreds of millions of containers ship worldwide every year and almost all of them make it safely to their destinations. However, there are some containers that do not - as Victoria Kickham reported this week. The number of shipping containers lost at sea more than doubled in 2025, driven by some major maritime accidents as well as severe weather. Articles and resources mentioned in this episode: American Logistics Aid Newwork (ALAN) Humanoid robots could drive hot demand for co-bot arms Agility Robotics will go public to boost rollout of humanoid robots Visit DC Velocity Visit Supply Chain Xchange Send feedback about this podcast to podcast@agilebme.com This podcast episode is sponsored by: Werner

Guest: Kathy Fulton of ALAN on disaster response; The market heats up for humanoid robots; Containers lost at sea

Logistics Matters with DC VELOCITY

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**Podcast:** Logistics Matters with DC VELOCITY

## Participants

- **Dave Maloney** (DC VELOCITY)
- **Victoria Kickham** (DC VELOCITY)
- **Kathy Fulton** (American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN))
- **Ben Ames** (DC VELOCITY)
- **Kathy Fulton** (American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN))

## Transcript

Logistics responds to disasters, The market heats up for humanoid robots, and Containers lost at sea. Pull up a chair and join us as the editors of DC VELOCITY discuss these stories as well as news and supply chain trends on this week's Logistics Matters podcast. Hi, I'm Dave Maloney. I'm the Group Editorial Director at DC VELOCITY. Welcome. Logistics Matters is sponsored by Werner.

Unlock the power of a seamless connection. Werner Intermodal combines a massive nationwide rail network and cross-border solutions into Mexico with an expanding private fleet and total digital visibility. Secure your capacity today at ChooseWerner.com. As usual, our DC VELOCITY senior editors Ben Ames and Victoria Kickham will be along to provide their insights into the top stories of this week. But to begin today, we'll be able to provide their insights into the top stories of this week.

It's officially the beginning of hurricane season, a period where these storms as well as tornadoes and other natural disasters such as this week's earthquakes in Venezuela, they all leave behind considerable damage to towns in their wakes, while also complicating supply chains. It is during these times that the logistics industry snaps into action to help those in affected areas, as today's guest discusses with our senior editor, Victoria Kickham. Victoria?

Thank you, Dave. Today's guest is Kathy Fulton. She is Executive Director of the American Logistics Aid Network. And she's here to give us an update on the logistics industry's disaster recovery efforts and also talk about the group's humanitarian logistics survey and how it kind of helps shape Alan's work. Welcome, Kathy. Thanks, Victoria. It's great to be back with you.

Tell us, you know, what you know about this week's earthquakes in Venezuela, sort of what's happening there and what role, if any, Alan may have in responding to that. Yeah, this week's earthquakes in Venezuela, I mean, just like every disaster we see, it's just heartbreaking news coming out of the country, right? You know, those two back-to-back seven-point-plus magnitude earthquakes, just really have wreaked havoc on the country.

You know, we're seeing, I think, you know, the death toll is somewhere around 600 officially right now and 3,000 people have been hurt or injured. And it's just going to take a lot to help those communities who've just been affected. We're seeing a lot of our partners who do both domestic and international support respond. You know, we're paying attention to all of the, you know, all of the channels.

The humanitarian community has all of these, you know, ways in which we coordinate and communicate and, you know, payi...

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