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Revolutionizing Freight Forwarding Using Tech with Lionel van der Walt

The Logistics of Logistics

He began his career in the South African Air Force and later spent more than a decade with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where he held various leadership positions in South Africa, Spain, and the United States, including President of Cargo Network Services Corp., cargo subsidiary. IATA’s U.S.

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Blockchain and Supply Chain are Becoming Inextricably Tied

Enterra Insights

blockchain-enabled] contracts could address current processes that are dependent on a lot of paperwork, letters of credit, escrow accounts, multiple currencies, and increasing governmental requirements around visibility into ports of origin, cargo contents, and general supply chain visibility.”[3]. Managing trade documentation.

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AB5 Protests, US Foods Focuses on Scope 3 Emissions, UPS 2Q Results

Intelligent Audit

Inflated trucking costs have impacted the global supply chain on top of air and ocean cargo. All documents, live stream access, and future audio playback will be available at [link]. This news comes as the International Energy Agency lowered the forecasted oil demand for the next two years. UPS Healthcare Gets an Upgrade.

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Five Ways to Reduce Driver Churn Rates in the Trucking Business

Turvo

Historically, as evidenced by a 2019 poll by the American Transportation Research Institute, turnover rates in the trucking business are substantially greater than in most occupations (ATRI). Automate documentation. One of the top ten issues raised by transportation CEOs in the poll was driver retention.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented a new process to allow shippers to submit original vehicle export documentation electronically in lieu of delivering physical copies to their local CBP trade office. Media Image.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Between 2016 and 2019, Amazon converted around 25 shopping malls into distribution centers. The solution integrates advanced document management capabilities, robust collaboration features and support for bookings, with superior end-to-end real-time tracking. The previous record was set in August 2019 with 233,110 TEUs.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

Motor carrier fleets have until 2017 to install ELDs and fleets already using electronic logging technology have until late 2019 to ensure new specifications are incorporated into their existing solutions. This includes the ability to track a ship in the middle of the ocean, a pallet inside an aircraft, temperature of frozen cargo, etc.