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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Chainalytics Introduces FMIQ Monthly Benchmarking Index. December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. million, respectively, for the full year 2014. million and $8.2

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

All those books would weigh 49,000 kilograms – half the cargo mass of a Boeing 747-200F. The State of Online Freight Sales We benchmarked the top 20 global freight forwarders to see how well they quote online to new business. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. Empire State Buildings.

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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

Freightos

International shipping share of global GHG emissions: 2.5% (cargo ships are 67% of the world’s fleet). To reduce emissions, forwarders are measuring, benchmarking and streamlining freight supply chain operations. Heavy-duty vehicles (trucks and buses) share of total emissions (EU): 5%. – Marc Althen, President, Penske Logistics.

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Better Inventory Management Requires International Suppliers To Step Up to Digital Transformation and Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) More supply chain companies sharing more real-time data creates richer opportunities for benchmarking, analysis, insights and collaboration to drive business benefits for all parties.

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Will sub-zero temps stall trucking operations?

DAT Solutions

Cargo can also be damaged by the cold. If there are delays, or the truck is stranded on the highway, the cargo could be ruined. Reefers protect freezable cargo. During the "snowpocalypse" winter of 2014, a series of snowstorms extended across two-thirds of the continental U.S.