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National Maritime Day 2024: America Still Depends on Ocean Trade

Enterra Insights

Department of Transportation (USDOT) reports, “[In 1933], Congress declared National Maritime Day to commemorate the American steamship Savannah’s [1819] voyage from the United States to England, marking the first successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with steam propulsion.”[1] trade than any other mode of transportation.”[7]

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

From Russia in the Black Sea to Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea new security risks have emerged. ” Unfortunately, these security concerns are not the only challenges international shipping is facing. 3] Neither security risks nor climate risks are easily addressed. The world now faces new maritime threats.

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Keep These 6 Geopolitical Supply Chain Risks on Your Radar in 2024

Resilinc

In this blog, we uncover the top geopolitical supply chain risks of 2024 so you can proactively prepare your supply chain. US-China Tensions and Critical Minerals US-China tensions have heightened and will continue to be a risk in 2024. Is Your Supply Chain Ready for These Geopolitical Risks in 2024? Tom notes, “The U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 27 – May 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

in push for freight decarbonization China e-commerce exports, unreliable Red Sea shipping boost air cargo Sephora is expanding its take-back and refillables programs Amazon announced that it delivered to Prime subscribers at its “fastest speed ever” in its quarterly earnings on Tuesday. The initiative is allocating nearly $1.5

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. A third group are labelers.

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The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining by Timothy Foote, Director Transportation & Network APAC at Asendia and Founder of Susymbio 2023 is soon enough to end, and the transformation to a clean logistics future moves forward. My 2024 predictions for these modes is that ocean shipping transformation will continue.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech May 8 2024

Supply Chain Matters

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