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Amazon, FedEx and Adjacent Innovation

Techgistics

In 2006, Amazon leveraged their expertise in eCommerce fulfillment to create another adjacent business, Fulfillment by Amazon, which provides fulfillment services to small and mid-size merchants. Source: Statista. In 2015, Amazon accounted for 60% of all U.S. In the past, customers went to shopping malls; today customers go to Amazon.

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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Total Quality Logistics, one of the country’s largest freight brokerage firms, connects customers needing to move truckload, less-than-truckload or intermodal freight shipments with carriers having the capacity to move them. Media Caption. CEVA Logistics (The Americas). Privacy Settings. anonymous user. Media Image.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Chokepoints (or bottlenecks) are a term used to describe the most crucial strategic marine routes because they: Capacity limitations. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). Potential for closure or interruption.

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