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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The company launched in Sydney in 2012 and has since expanded its global reach into New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, counting a total of more than two million users —with an employee count of just 209. The changes wrought by the pandemic are well illustrated by the second quarter 2020 financial results of Uber Technologies.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

The reports underscore how private air fleets of express delivery companies are coping with a yearlong downturn in parcel volumes amid a broader freight recession that is also hurting airlines that carry general cargo. ASL Airlines Ireland operates nine 737-800s in Europe under the Amazon livery. or UPS Inc.

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Covid-19 Govt Support For Business By Country + How to Apply

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The Republic of Ireland Government support package. Who: All businesses with aggregated annual turnover less than $500 million until 30 June 2020. How: Automatic credit by the ATO from 28 April 2020 upon employers lodging eligible upcoming activity statements. How: Via banks from April 2020 until 30 September 2020.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

Belgium has 41 airports, 26 of which have paved runways and six of which can handle large cargo aircraft. percent followed by Ireland and China at just over four percent each. In 2017, the Belgian government voted to reduce the corporate tax rate from 33 percent to 25 percent by 2020. billion metric tons of goods in 2015.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

Manna Aero has already done over 100,000 drone deliveries in multiple locations in Ireland and is trending to hit over 1,000 deliveries per day in individual dense urban markets. pounds of cargo in a hold with about 1,800 cubic inches of space. The company’s latest drone, the X-drone, carries about 7.5 kg CO2e.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

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In November 2020, fifteen countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership did just that, creating the world’s largest free trade area that expands from Kazakhstan’s southern borders into Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand. Many workers have been unemployed since the steelworks closed.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

million drones operating per day in US skies by the year 2020. For an example of some of the restrictions that apply to drones in Ireland, check out the below graphic from the Irish Aviation Authority. ?. million to a $1 billion industry in the five years between 2012 to 2017. What Are Consumer Attitudes Towards Drones?