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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics).

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Beijing-Hamburg freight service completes maiden journey

Global Trade Management

The "Container Express" made its way from China to Germany through Mongolia, Russia, Belarus and Poland. ► 2014. (13). "At the same time, we are considerably cheaper than air freight for many types of cargo." Email: reidy@arviem.com. Links to Global Trade Management. arviem website. arviem monitoring animation. Blog Archive.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. However, Technavio’s analysts now forecast the 3PL market in Europe to grow at a CAGR of 2.87% over the period 2014-2019. Acquisitions dominated the logistics headlines in 2014 and that trend is continuing this year.