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

Enterra Insights

” Houthi Red Sea Attacks The crisis in the Red Sea was set off by the Israel-Gaza conflict and when Houthi terrorists claimed the attacks were being made in support of Gaza residents. … On 14 December 2023 the report recorded the first successful hijacking of a vessel off the coast of Somalia since 2017.”[11]

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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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Augmented Reality Supply Chain is Here and It’s Going to be Effective

GlobalTranz

In fact, some huge "Futurists" like Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, as well as Brett King are currently writing books on the matter ( Beyond Mobile: Life after Smartphones and Augmented - Life in the Smart Line respectively). By 2017, augmented reality is estimated to have a value of just over $6 billion.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains.