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Successful Cargo Space Delivery

Freightos

Which is why we’re taking our hats off to SpaceX for delivering 7,000 lbs of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) this week using a reusable rocket – the Falcon 9. Well SpaceX may well have, if that unusual cargo had been in transit for more than the scheduled two days. A Space cargo ship sounds like science fiction.

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The Competitive Advantage with David Bell and Peter Rentschler

The Logistics of Logistics

In this episode, Joe Lynch interviews David Bell and Peter Rentschler about the new partnership between their companies along with building a competitive advantage in the transportation and logistics space. In 2001, Mr. Bell joined Cargo Transportation Services, Inc., based companies. About David Bell .

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Significance. Loading costs plummet.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Significance. The Early Days: 1956-1960s.

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E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network

E2open

More than 70,000 partner companies and 200,000 users, many of the biggest brands and manufacturers across a range of industries, use the E2open network and platform to orchestrate their supply chains, creating efficiencies measured in the billions. www.avantida.com.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I am judge of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards and the Automotive Logistics Awards Europe. I was Country Manager Switzerland at TNT when the company was bought by KPN. In 2001, La Poste had become a leading player in the express parcel business in Europe. Currently, I am in Hong Kong. In 1999, I joined French La Poste.

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Supply chains remain wonky… and will continue that way for awhile (Jason Miller blog part 4)

NC State SCRC

Freight rates are going crazy…and this is really hard to comprehend: the producer price index for all types of freight transportation arrangement (TL brokerage, LTL brokerage, intermodal marketing companies, ocean freight forwarders, air freight forwarders, etc.) Freight was completely flat… Until 2001, when they exploded upward.