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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Chokepoints (or bottlenecks) are a term used to describe the most crucial strategic marine routes because they: Capacity limitations. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result.

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Ways to help manage the chemical supply in disruption.

o9 Solutions

The chemical’s industry is no different, as its value chain—from raw material sourcing and shipping to production—has been impacted by disruptions and ripple effects due to the COVID pandemic. In Israel [an idea] we borrowed from the army is to validate quick decisions. Hezi: We had shortages in 2019.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. 336,500 TEUs were transported from China to the EU by rail in the first six months of 2021, that is 44% more than 2020 and 99% more than in 2019.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

In retrospect I’m pleased that I was blissfully ignorant of the fact that it would take so many years for even a single cargo airline, or container ocean liner, to provide an API (that is digital computer to computer connection) for instant rates, capacity, and electronic bookings. Between 2012 and 2019 we made the most of what we had.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Revenue data is sourced from the companies’ websites and market research platforms such as Macrotrends. Revenue: $74.969 billion (12 months ending March 31, 2020), $74.094 billion (2019) Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, USA CEO: Carol Tome 2. billion (December 2019) Headquarters: Bonn, Germany CEO: Frank Appel 3. Revenue: €63.3

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Data is the New Gold

QAD

On January 28, 2021, the following headline appeared in the Washington Post : “Israel moves to head of vaccine queue, offering Pfizer access to country’s health-care database”. It will greatly help with decisions on when and where to invest in production capacity and logistics. Finding the Right Analytics Tools.

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