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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2025, 15 percent of trucking will be via shared transport platforms and shared warehousing will comprise 20 percent of the market. All three of these digital freight brokerage platforms provide sharing of truck and ship capacity , helping to reduce inefficiencies relating to unused cargo space.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 9-13, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Wal-Mart cuts delivery time for pilot shipping plan (Reuters). Hapag-Lloyd, Five Asian Liners Form New Shipping Alliance (Bloomberg). trillion short through 2025 (Reuters). I’ll just restate what I wrote back in August 2013 : Do we really need Hyperloop? DHL claims its drones are first to deliver (Deutsche Welle).

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

The company also set a new goal that by 2025, 40% of all ground fuel will be from sources other than conventional gasoline and diesel, an increase from 19.6% Currently the company’s natural gas fleet numbers 1,000 (twice what it was in 2013). Deutsche Post DHL Group is enlisting its subcontractors in its emission reduction activities.

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Logistics & Supply Chain News Roundup, January 2023

Logistics Bureau

Big and Bulky Growth and Consolidation Furniture, large appliances, office equipment, and other heavy, bulky items require more expenditure, expertise, and specialised equipment to deliver than typical online products, which can usually be shipped as parcels. The End of 2M Alliance: The Start of an Ocean Shipping Shakeup?

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Does Rail Freight Transportation Really ‘Suck’ that Much?

Logistics Bureau

I first wrote and published this post back in 2013, and since then, the situation in Australia hasn’t changed much, but elsewhere in the world too, logistics and transportation experts are recognising the need to shift freight from road to rail, and hence to provide solutions that support that shift. Autonomous Freight Shuttle System.

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On the Road With Your Supply Chain: What to Avoid

RFgen

Businesses need vehicles to ship their products and supplies down the street or across the country. Here are a few challenges facing the truck shipping industry and how companies can use data collection technology to respond to and overcome problems: Driver Shortage. Supply Chain Digest discussed how the U.S.

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On the Road With Your Supply Chain: What to Avoid

RFgen

Businesses need vehicles to ship their products and supplies down the street or across the country. Here are a few challenges facing the truck shipping industry and how companies can use data collection technology to respond to and overcome problems: Driver Shortage. Supply Chain Digest discussed how the U.S.