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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.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23-27, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Here’s the news that caught my attention: China’s Cosco Shipping Hit by Cyberattack in U.S. Heading into 2017, one of my predictions was that we would see a rise in cyberattacks, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets. The hackers are back at it again, this time targeting Cosco Shipping Holdings.

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5 Biggest Mistakes Sellers Make When Using Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) with Ephraim Ausch

The Logistics of Logistics

I attended high school in Monsey and Israel. I realized that I had the opportunity to help more people, so I joined Tactical in 2017. When you buy something with Prime on Amazon, 99% of the time that’s a product that has been shipped right from an Amazon warehouse instead of from the seller. 02:10] What was your first job?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found. Russia, along with the United States, China, Israel and the United Kingdom – are believed to have the most developed cyber warfare capabilities. Because of this, they are predicting rates will skyrocket for Ocean and Air.

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How the Food Blockchain is Bringing Tech to the Table

Zipline Logistics

The tech industry incumbent created the IBM Food Trust in 2017 to store information about products from farm to table. While others like Zest Labs trace the food freshness and enables companies to reduce waste, and platforms like Avenews-GT in Israel connect food manufacturers directly with farmers to source ingredients.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

West coast ports race to clear ship backlog by August. Target is relying on Shipt, the home delivery service it acquired in 2017. Over the last few months, the number of ships that have been anchored outside of ports has slowly decreased. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Port of Oakland sets all-time cargo record.