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This Week in Logistics News (July 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Adorable self-driving robots will start making deliveries in Europe this month (Quartz). Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 WTO launches new World Trade Outlook Indicator.

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Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update

Freightos

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. Europe prices decreased.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. The sheer size of the country’s “One Belt, One Road” logistics initiative, for instance, calls into question the true objective of the regional infrastructure plan. Like the country itself, China’s ambitions are massive.

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January 3, 2024 Update

Freightos

Judah Levine January 3, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01) increased 63% to $2,713/FEU. Europe prices (FBX11) increased 151% to $4,042/FEU. Europe – N.

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Edgar Beers from Vanderlande named as Supply Chain Professional 2015

Supply Chain Movement

In addition to securing the eternal fame associated with the award, the winner received two prizes. Edith van Erp-Slot, Market Logistics Director, Mars Nederland. Jeroen van Weesep, VP Supply Chain Planning and Logistics EMEA and APAC, Lego Group. Allison Thomas, Supply Chain Director, CS&L Transformation, PepsiCo Europe.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. announced it had secured its largest investment to date. UPS is preparing for a slowdown in global delivery volumes as it advised that annual revenue could decline for the first time since 2009. Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc.