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This Week in Logistics News (February 29 – March 4, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. Another feature of LeanGlobal is the utilization of WebSettle® for ocean freight audit and settlement.

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Doing Business in Malaysia

QAD

In 1963, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak joined the Federation. The fledgling country was troubled by an insurgency, confrontations with Indonesia, the Philippine’s claim on Sabah and then Singapore’s withdrawal in 1965. Manufacturing in Malaysia. Manufacturing products vary by region within Malaysia. of the GDP.

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Rumors are circling that the company is planning a launch in Singapore in early 2017.

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Logistics Technology Trends That Will Dominate 2017

Techgistics

Amazon alone hired 120,000 temporary workers over the holidays in 2016. In 2016, however, in a much tougher competition the robots were picking roughly three times faster at 100 items per hour. Self driving Vehicles In 2016 there seemed to be a new story every week about self-driving cars. China, Singapore, and Sweden.

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Podcast: Peter Hove Hildebrandt and Sune Stilling Talk Venture Capital

Requis

Historically, people who know this industry know that it was very much “gut based”, where you would just make a few calls and then set the freight rates. Back in 2016 it embarked on becoming the global integrator of container logistics. Søren Skou became the CEO of Maersk in 2016. I don’t know what else you need.