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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. Starting with Miami, this port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. In 2015, the Port of Savannah moved 8.2% These ports accounted for 18.3%

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Infor Aligns With MercuryGate To Strengthen Transportation Management. Oracle Introduces New Cloud Solutions for Transportation and Global Trade Management. Thirteen Years After 9/11, A New Attempt To Screen 100 Percent of Cargo Containers ( Roll Call ). SAP Ushers in New Era of Collaborative Supply Chain Management.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.

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Air Freight Trends to Watch in 2019

CH Robinson Transportfolio

IATA announced estimated demand growth for 2019 at 3.7%, which would be the lowest growth rate since 2015. This ended a 20-month run where demand grew faster than capacity and returned the industry to the state we had seen since 2011. Generally speaking, there are more aircraft in the air with less cargo capacity per flight.

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Air Freight Trends to Watch in 2019

CH Robinson Transportfolio

IATA announced estimated demand growth for 2019 at 3.7%, which would be the lowest growth rate since 2015. This ended a 20-month run where demand grew faster than capacity and returned the industry to the state we had seen since 2011. Generally speaking, there are more aircraft in the air with less cargo capacity per flight.

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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). They form a continuum.

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