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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

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Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February. Dubai’s airport has seen a recent rush in cargo volume as freight forwarders switch from sea freight. Cargo Facts). Copyright 2021 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. |

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What is “World Logistics Passport” initiative?

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It overcomes non-tariff trade barriers by fast-tracking cargo movement, reducing administrative costs, advancing cargo information and facilitating movement across borders. On February 3rd’ 2021 – India became a member of the WLP.

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The next supply chain frontier: space

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Humankind’s quest to visit Mars will—if all goes well—get a major boost in 2021 as three different spacecrafts are on schedule to arrive at the Red Planet: NASA’s Perseverance; China’s Tianwen-1; and the United Arab Emirates’ Hope.

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Interoceanic Passages

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It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. Risks come with larger ships transiting the canal, as demonstrated by the 2021 grounding of a 20,000 TEU containership that delayed traffic for six days. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). meters in 2001.

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