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This Week in Logistics News (April 18-22, 2016)

Talking Logistics

These futuristic driverless pods will run on Singapore’s roads by end of the year ( Mashable ). Cass Truckload Linehaul Index for March 2016. Manhattan Associates Reports Record First Quarter 2016 Performance. Droids Not Drones Are the Future of E-Commerce Deliveries ( BloombergTechnology ). Enjoy it while it lasts.

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

Talking Logistics

Second, we just released our second Talking Logistics YOUniversity course, Building a Strong Transportation Management Foundation. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 15-19, 2016)

Talking Logistics

OHL Launches Freight Consolidation Services Offering. Two of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 were that companies will start focusing more on improving their workforce planning capabilities and that blockchain technology will make its debut in supply chain management. UPS Enhances Flex Global View.

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The automated container terminal and the odd (mis)adventure of the Google car

DELMIA Quintiq

And only to conclude, in 2016, that bigger vehicles (driven by humans or otherwise) may not yield! I am not really interested in Google vehicle having reportedly 70+ accidents with other vehicles before the critical moment in 2016. The future of container shipping port in Singapore, and many other places, is in your hands and minds!

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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. It has 116,169 km of paved roadways, so overland transport of goods is simple. Imports, which reached $160.7

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. Ships with a draft of 15.2 1200 feet).

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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.