Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 21, 2024

Just to start with the most basic point about it, sea trade has been the largest carrier of cargo in the history of the world. In fact, even the land-bound parts of the Silk Road didn’t see as much cargo and trade-goods moving along it as the oceans and seas have.” In 2020, waterborne shipping carried more tonnage (nearly 1.5

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on size—to move ships through the canal.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. Businessweek. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Prime Membership: Amazon Prime – Subscription service offering benefits such as free two-day shipping, access to Prime Video, Prime Music, and exclusive deals. 2021: 1,608,000 Amazon Employees New hires: However, in 2022, they employed over 1.5 Sales by Region/Country: North America is likely the biggest contributor (395.64

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Some carriers were already extending service suspensions into 2024 as supply and demand are misaligned. Now, carriers will devote those extra vessels to services traveling longer distances and requiring more ships to keep to existing departure schedules. Asia – N. On the transpacific, ocean rates were stable overall last week.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies. A step away from a normal holiday peak season , air cargo volumes and rates have continued to fall. While demand remains high, the lack of volume points to a troubling lack of peak season increases for an air cargo industry already struggling with volatile fuel prices. Roughly 2.5%

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. Now, it is predicted that 2024 has a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years. In fact, Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, named Climate Change as one of the top five supply chain megatrends for 2024. 2023 was the warmest year on record.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 27, 2020

After an extremely volatile first half of the year, the challenges in the air freight market look set to continue into 2021, requiring both foresight and forward planning from businesses. Airlines have adapted to the changing market by introducing cargo only flights, with minimal schedules to keep global trade moving. Our role at C.H.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. But to be honest, the shipping industry is as much of a culprit. Meanwhile, reports estimate that shipping contributes 3%, or a staggering 1 billion tonnes of CO2. Meanwhile, reports estimate that shipping contributes 3%, or a staggering 1 billion tonnes of CO2. Size Matters.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. Material Handling & Logistics ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That’s a sharp reversal from 2021 and the first half of 2022, when UPS and FedEx – awash with volume from the early pandemic’s online shopping surge – rebuffed discount requests and cherry-picked the most profitable customers. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 31, 2024

Ericsson demonstrates indoor 5G drone in smart factory Toyota to develop new engines that run on carbon-neutral fuels Hurricane season in 2024 could feature rapidly intensifying storms U.S. globally since 2021. And now on to this week’s logistics news. By Q4 2023, foot traffic in 10 prime trade areas tracked by Placer.ai

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Multichannel Merchant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Bezos said all 100,000 Rivian vans should be on the road by 2024, according to USA Today , with the first in service by 2021 and prototypes possibly showing up next year. Before now, Rivian had been focused on developing pickups and SUVs , according to The Verge, after pivoting away from a challenge to Tesla’s electric cars last year.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

While the rest of the world adopts cloud technologies to help them break down silos and integrate communication, companies continue to use disparate applications and tools for managing orders, evaluating inventory, and shipping goods. Q1 2021 saw 39% year-over-year growth in US e-commerce sales. E-commerce is here to stay.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In particular, pay attention to the red 2021 line – which is nowhere near where it was in the past for 2018-2020. By the way, the Census Bureau dropped the Q4 2021 e-commerce supplement last week, and the key takeaway when we look at e-commerce for brick-and-mortar retailers was a strong return to in-store shopping.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2021

This severe restriction is typically caused by the time required to load and unload cargo and waiting for a slot at a destination. Demand for trucking capacity increased during 2021, further stretching the supply of drivers. TuSimple, the leader in autonomous trucking technology, plans to ship self-driving trucks nationwide by 2024.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

It’s more than doubled the number of robots deployed in its fulfillment centers and warehouses in the last three years, from 350,000 in 2021 to 750,000 by last June. Since late last year, the Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea, which cargo vessels from Asia have to travel through to reach the Suez Canal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The model factors in shipping variables such as weather patterns and traffic conditions. “We The company plans to resume opening new Fresh stores in 2024, after a pause of more than a year. Inventory discipline is showing up in cargo numbers. billion as U.S. For example, U.S. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Panasonic plans to resolve the bottleneck in early 2024 when it starts producing the advanced cells at the $4 billion battery factory it’s building in Kansas. The work incidents generally haven’t delayed cargo movement, but officials say they worry that confrontations over work disputes could escalate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2024

Later this month the nominees will be announced for the 2024 Oscars. Yemen-based Houthi militants have been attacking high-value cargo vessels in the Red Sea since November in a show of support for Palestinian Islamist group Hamas fighting Israel in Gaza. One category that has always been interesting is Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

On February 4 at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift announced that she would be releasing a new album, which had secretly been in the works for two years. cargo imports in May could hit highest level since last October Transloading is heating up again Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in U.S.

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