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This Week in Logistics News (June 6-10, 2016)

Talking Logistics

iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Of course, Amazon has been using robots for years in its distribution centers, since its acquisition of Kiva Systems in 2012. Target charges suppliers more to help offload unsold inventory (Reuters).

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

Transport optimisation considerations dictate that warehousing is used at the end-point of a transport system to amass enough products for a full load for the subsequent transport system. Less passenger traffic and reduced congestion means flexibility for TNT in scheduling onward transport, whether by air or road.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

I can claim to have been a nuclear rocket engineer for a couple of years, looking after nuclear rockets in West Germany during the end of the Cold War. It’s a lot more forward focused than our traditional view, in which we’re steering the ship by looking over our shoulder at the wake. I’d love to know your thoughts on that.

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Beijing-Hamburg freight service completes maiden journey

Global Trade Management

. * Beijing-Hamburg freight service completes maiden journey by Staff Writers Hamburg, Germany (AFP) Jan 24, 2008 A goods train from Beijing arrived in Hamburg on Thursday after having crossed six countries in a journey organisers said could ring in a new era of rail transport between Asia and Europe. ► 2012. (1).

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

6 River Systems

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. billion (December 2019) Headquarters: Bonn, Germany CEO: Frank Appel 3. started in 1890 in Bremen, Germany as a forwarding commission agency for cotton and other consolidated freight. Revenue: €63.3