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An Observation on Corporate and Societal Resiliency and the Strength of the Human Spirit

Enterra Insights

This was the same ensemble of people that I encountered in the Middle East and in Iraq during the Iraq War. The lobby of the hotel was filled with foreign dignitaries, international news correspondents, governmental contractor types, and NGO’s. There were also many foreign businesspeople, such as me, doing business in Warsaw.

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3 Reasons to Outsource Fulfillment with Nathan Lugo-Montanez

The Logistics of Logistics

In addition to his work, Nathan is a former US Army Ranger having served for over a decade with several tours in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Throughout his career, he has specialized in turnaround and expansion projects for a wide range of industries from startups to Fortune 100 companies.

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Five Hidden Skills that Military Veterans Bring to Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

I used war gaming extensively in Iraq as I was planning simultaneous, night, helicopter insertions of multiple Special Forces teams into southern Iraq. He is a retired US Army Special Forces Officer (Lieutenant Colonel) & Iraq combat veteran. This is essentially a force-on-force game. Printer-friendly version.

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OPEC May Need to Cut Again as Fragile Members Recover, Citi Says

Supply Chain Brain

Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria and Venezuela will add roughly 900,000 barrels a day of production this year and at least the same in 2024, the bank estimates.

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February 7, 2024 Update

Freightos

But With the majority of container carriers already avoiding the Red Sea, these further escalations in geopolitical conflicts are unlikely to have an additional impact on the container market.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Its primary export partners were Germany, the UK, the UAE, Iraq, the US, Italy, France and Spain. Taxes equal 20.3% of its GDP, and inflation is running at around 11% per year. In 2017, Turkey exported $155.2 billion in goods. Imports equaled $255.1

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Gulftainer hits 1m teu throughput in Iraq port

Logistics Middle East

Gulftainer has reached a significant milestone with a combined throughput of 1 million teu at its terminals in Umm Qasr Port in Iraq.

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