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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 billion metric tons as of 2017.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Shipping’s peak season usually starts at the end of June when importers begin ordering products for the back-to-school and holiday seasons. s CargoNet.

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Significant Cyber Attack Involving a Transportation and Logistics Services Provider

Supply Chain Matters

There is another report of a cyber-attack involving a large-scale asset-light global transportation and logistics services provider for maritime and air freight shipping tendering and services. A s ignificant cyber-attack in 2017 crippled the global wide operations of A.P.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Now of course, companies must map out the potential impacts of the Russia Ukraine war. Russia Attacks Ukraine. Russia shells Ukraine. Russia had massed some 150,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders, according to US estimates based on satellite imagery. Ukraine does not have the military might to stop the invasion.

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Doing Business in Poland

QAD

Poland’s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. in 2017 and accounts for 40.2% With 87 airports that have paved runways, Poland’s air infrastructure is more than adequate for freight shipments. in 2017, down from more than 6% the year before. billion in 2017.

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Doing Business in the Czech Republic

QAD

The Czech Republic has 41 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle large freight planes. The Czech labor force numbered 5.427 million as of 2017, and 38% of the workforce is engaged in manufacturing. billion in 2017, primarily consisting of machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, fuels and chemicals.