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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. What do you do with a deceased guinea pig? Manhattan Associates Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Performance. Shipping with Amazon. The kids named him Cow when he was born. He was a tiny little thing when he was born, smaller than the palm of your hand. and FedEx Corp.”

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

That means maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. At the time, Ron Widdows , former chairman of the World Shipping Council, reported that piracy was costing “the global shipping industry anywhere from $3.5 Nearly 90 per cent of global trade is carried by sea-going vessels.