Cathy Roberson

MARCH 21, 2022

In 2022, FedEx and Microsoft announced a cross-platform "logistics as a service" for retailers, merchants, and brands. UPS Meanwhile, UPS touts its On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation (ORION) platform, a proprietary technology that uses advanced algorithms, artificial intelligence, and machine learning introduced in 2012.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Wildfires, mudslides, and flooding delayed lumber shipments, leading to a shortage that saw the cash market price for lumber reach $1,111 per thousand board feet in 2022 – almost triple its bottom price in August. Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. FastMarkets ).

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

2021: 1,608,000 Amazon Employees New hires: However, in 2022, they employed over 1.5 Amazon likely relies on a combination of its own facilities and partnerships with existing cargo hubs at airports. Sales by Region/Country: North America is likely the biggest contributor (395.64

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this 2022 guide to freeports: What is a freeport? Even as a member of the EU, the UK had seven freeports from 1984 to 2012 in various locations, including Liverpool, Southampton, and Glasgow’s Prestwick Airport. So what is a freeport, how are they used around the world, and why is the UK keen to establish these special zones?

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

A graph showing Resilinc’s Extreme Weather Trends data from 2012 to 2023. Drought in China Impact on Supply Chain The Yangtze River Basin, home to Asia’s longest river, boasts a staggering annual cargo volume of over 3 billion tonnes.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Beattie writes, “Despite the popular image of cargo ships being huge carbon emitters, transport is generally a pretty small share of the carbon footprint for traded goods.” Collins, “ How the US Economy Lost Its Independence, and Workers Their Livelihoods ,” IndustryWeek, 1 July 2022. [3] 7] Robert J.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

I started Freightos a decade ago, in 2012. In retrospect I’m pleased that I was blissfully ignorant of the fact that it would take so many years for even a single cargo airline, or container ocean liner, to provide an API (that is digital computer to computer connection) for instant rates, capacity, and electronic bookings.

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