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U.S. to Build $553M Deep-Water Shipping Terminal in Sri Lanka

Supply Chain Brain

The Port of Colombo has been operating near its capacity since 2021, meaning the new terminal will enable the continued growth of economies located in the Bay of Bengal.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

There was just not enough products being shipped back and forth. A similar question can be asked of Sri Lanka striking a deal with the Fund to construct a new container terminal in Colombo. So, what should the shipping and transporting companies do with their networks vis-à-vis the “One Belt One Road” initiative?

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Tracking your shipment’s status via GPS or Internet of Things (IoT) devices and viewing route duration data throughout the entire shipping process in real-time will allow you to quickly make informed business decisions to optimize productivity and streamline your supply chain. Then he made a career change to shipping.

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Strikes and protests disrupt supply chains, globally

Resilinc

In Sri Lanka, a popular uprising chased the president from the country last week. A new Resilinc Special Report: Impact of Strikes on the Global Shipping Industry describes disruptive strikes and protests across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. They are also disrupting global supply chains.

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Coronavirus Pandemic: How 20Cube is making things easier for customers

20Cube Logistics

We are in regular touch with our shipping lines, Govt. We, through our location offices in Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa, China and Dubai including India are sending regular updates that will help our customers globally, make arrangements for their consignments to be delivered to the final destination.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. Infrastructure and transport rankings fell for Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand and Kuwait. --In

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5 Tactics for Transforming Your Supply Chain into a Lean, Mean, Green Machine

AFFLINK

On a larger scale, British retailer Marks and Spencer partnered with supplier MAS to open four eco-factories in Sri Lanka that are carbon neutral, thanks to state-of-the-art waste reduction processes and renewable energy. Transportation.