Walmart Tariffs, Cruise Scams & Natural Hydrogen
Welcome to The Workday Dash—where your morning moves faster than a chassis swap at peak hour.
Today’s roundup is stacked:
🔹 Walmart’s caught in the tariff crossfire—and if you’re in transportation or logistics, that’s your cue to tune in (or risk getting priced out).
🔹 Scammers are cruising for victims—literally—and Norwegian passengers just hit rough seas. Your freight clients might be next.
🔹 And while everyone’s been busy chasing lithium like it’s the last pallet on Earth, natural hydrogen’s been bubbling beneath our feet, ready to rewrite the fuel game.
Let’s dash.
“Data beats emotions.”
Walmart, Tariffs & Trump: Supply Chains in the Splash Zone
Walmart’s caught in the tariff crossfire—and guess what? If you're in transportation or logistics, you should be paying attention.
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says Walmart might pass on Trump’s new tariffs to customers. Trump clapped back on social, basically saying: “Don’t even think about it.” Meanwhile, Bessent’s playing it cool, calling inflation concerns overblown and defending "strategic uncertainty" as a trade tactic.
But here's the kicker:
If Walmart raises prices, that absolutely trickles down. Retailers start shifting demand, tightening inventory, and pausing freight. That means less volume, fewer miles, and more rate pressure for all of us.
🔥 Hot Take:
Telling Walmart not to raise prices is like telling a freight carrier to eat diesel costs with a smile. Nice in theory. Chaos in reality. Political theater is fun until it clogs the supply chain.
Don’t Get Sailed by a Scam
Scammers are cruising for victims—and Norwegian Cruise Line passengers just hit rough waters. One guest got swindled out of nearly $20K by someone pretending to be from NCL’s air department, promising sweet flight deals and then pulling a classic bait-and-switch.
The scammer even doubled down with a follow-up call: “Good news, the price dropped—just give me a new card number.” Yeah, right.
⚠️ PSA: NCL only calls from 305, 954, or 480 area codes. If it’s a mystery number (like the 301 in this case), hang up and call the official line directly. And maybe don’t drop your whole itinerary in a Reddit thread.
Why This Matters:
If someone can spoof cruise departments, they can spoof your 3PL or broker too. Fraud doesn’t care if it’s freight or flights—trust is the real cargo at risk.
🔥 Hot Take:
If you’re ignoring scams in other industries, don’t be shocked when one hits your inbox. You can’t outsource common sense.
Hydrogen Goldmine Beneath Our Feet
While we’ve all been laser-focused on lithium, a quiet revolution has been bubbling beneath us—literally.
New research from Oxford, Durham, and Toronto just dropped a hydrogen exploration recipe that could help us tap into natural hydrogen stored in the Earth’s crust—clean, abundant, and enough to power the planet for 170,000 years. No emissions. No fossil fuel headaches.
The team behind the study didn’t just nerd out on geology—they launched Snowfox Discovery Ltd. to go find this fuel in the wild. Think of it like baking a soufflé: get the rocks, heat, and timing right, and boom—you’ve got a clean energy jackpot.
Why This Matters:
Hydrogen could be the next big clean fuel for freight, and this kind doesn’t come with dirty production costs.
🔥 Hot Take:
Lithium might be the prom queen, but hydrogen’s the valedictorian—quiet, overlooked, and way more sustainable in the long run.
The Workday Dash is an aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for June 27, 2025, from iLevel Logistics Inc.