Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.

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MARCH 27, 2024

and global wide headlines, not only for the significance of such a tragedy, but as a fresh reminder that events of such magnitude are now part of the landscape of supply chain and logistics risk. Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. percent in early U.S.

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Volatility and uncertainty in the logistics industry have dominated the news in 2024. Specifically, we covered the threats, impacts, and mitigation strategies disrupting supply chains. As of late February 2024, CMA CGM is now shipping cargo through the Red Sea trade route.

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ThroughPut

MAY 3, 2024

As we step into 2024, the world of logistics isn’t what it used to be. It’s no longer just about getting goods from A to B; it’s become a vital piece of the supply chain puzzle. Everything is connected – what happens in one part of the supply chain can shake things up in logistics, and the other way around.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

in push for freight decarbonization China e-commerce exports, unreliable Red Sea shipping boost air cargo Sephora is expanding its take-back and refillables programs Amazon announced that it delivered to Prime subscribers at its “fastest speed ever” in its quarterly earnings on Tuesday.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A critical support system for these bold explorations is a supply chain whose main logistics provider, SpaceX, recently secured a $7 billion contract from NASA. A key part of NASA’s Mars ambition lies in its Artemis program—which aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024. and its allies?

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to FreightWaves, the FreightTech 100 2023 is “[…] a selection of the most innovative companies in the freight technology space.” According to reporting from SupplyChainDive, “ The deal includes a 24% wage increase over the five-year period from 2020 through 2024 with a 14.1% With the agreement, the U.S. Economy $2.2.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Executives are plotting alternate supply chains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible. semiconductor company Micron Technology, citing national-security risks. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The majority of positions are for in-store workers while others roles are for the company’s supply-chain facilities. Cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles rose 3 percent year-over-year to 828,016 TEUs in August, marking the first increase in 13 months, port officials said.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

But, industry-wide, ships with a total capacity of more than a million TEU are already idled , and some analysts are predicting that capacity growth will outstrip volume growth at least through 2024. Freight news travels faster than cargo Get industry-leading insights in your inbox.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

We’ll look at their warehouses, their delivery tricks, and even how they use new technology to make things faster. Smart Home: Amazon Alexa – Virtual assistant technology integrated into Amazon Echo devices for voice-controlled smart home automation and information retrieval.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Announced in 2022, the current strategy seeks higher margin volume and increasing worker and facility productivity using automation, artificial intelligence, and other innovations to capture more business. According to UPS CEO Carol Tome, the 2024 U.S.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

More Resources Home Navigating the Waves: Exploring Digital Booking in Ocean Logistics at TPM 2024 Judah Levine The sessions at this year’s TPM, the preeminent North American ocean freight conference, was more focused on the role of technology in ocean logistics than ever. The data shows this too.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. Now, it is predicted that 2024 has a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years. As temperatures continue to rise, the intersection of climate change and supply chain resilience demands increased attention from businesses worldwide.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 19, 2021

Busy times for all of us and in particular supply chain managers who are dealing with capacity constraints, delays, the rise of e-commerce, forecasting in this crazy environment, identifying and analyzing data, and putting the data to use in strategies. billion in 2024, a 60% growth from 2019.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 18, 2024

Global retailer Walmart aims to provide supply chain focused technology to help other retailers and businesses to broaden their customer fulfilment and logistics support capabilities. Further indicated was that Walmart won the prestigious Franz Edelman Award in 2023 for building and deploying this technology at scale.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies. A step away from a normal holiday peak season , air cargo volumes and rates have continued to fall. Citing Clive Data Services, Supply Chain Dive wrote that airfreight demand fell for the eighth consecutive month in October. Volumes declined 8% YoY in October, and as of Nov.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years. percent drop in cargo volumes. The industry will likely not know the answer until 2024. That stated, there are some new signs of optimism. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Freightos

JANUARY 25, 2024

Aimee Loshinsky January 25, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo In Freightos Q4 2023 KPI press release , we announced that the company surpassed one million bookings across the platform in 2023. Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Anti-narcotics investigators have uncovered substantial amounts of the disguised drugs in the past two years as smugglers go to ever-more elaborate lengths to get illicit cargoes on board ships. It will be interesting to see how these smugglers will change course when fossil fuels are completely replaced by renewables.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

Supply chains aren’t conventionally built on the notion of flexibility. Logistics providers have also been slow to adopt new technology. Americans stopped going out and started spending all of their discretionary income on products from workout gear and new tools to LED strip lighting –causing even more demand for shipping.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

A new year is underway, and what better way to begin our 2023 blog activity than with a summary of the freshest news from the supply chain and logistics theatre? But is that a real possibility, or are the predictions of supply chain mayhem just so much panic and hot air?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

Today about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by a container. Flagship, a European innovation project, will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport ship fitted with hydrogen fuel cells. Container shipping is crucial to the expansion of supply chains and, therefore, global trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

is trying to build its own solar-manufacturing supply chain almost from scratch and supporting the effort with sizable subsidies. The supply chain and workforce that make up the sector are constantly evolving. Can the US break China’s grip on solar? Now, as demand for renewable energy explodes, the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

billion in its infrastructure – creating a network of six terminals that can handle any type of cargo. By 2024, Port of Virginia will once again be the deepest port on the US East Coast with 55’ channels and two-way traffic for the largest vessels calling our coast. Zero-emission technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This was certainly another interesting year from a logistics and supply chain standpoint, as we saw the emergence of generative AI take center stage. We also saw a lot of technological advances in transportation, warehousing, supply chain planning, robotics, and last mile delivery, just to name a few.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

economy and for industry supply chains. Added safety and health protections are also included that outline installation of vehicle air conditioning and cargo ventilation in all larger delivery vehicles, sprinter vans, and package cars purchased after Jan. In the labor negotiations involving U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Supply chain planning is no different when it comes to yielding efficient results, especially this year. Due to COVID-19 market changes, our global team of supply chain experts has spent extra time securing expedited less than container load (LCL) capacity for companies that can work with extra lead time. Sound familiar?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

They have pushed through annual general rate increases of more than 30% from 2019 to 2024, and are often nearly lock step on pricing. FedEx reported that a decline in domestic parcel volumes flattened out in the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year ended August 31, suggesting a potentially greater need for flights than in recent months.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. CVS has equipped roughly 8,000 of its more than 9,000 U.S.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

races to expand Michigan locks and secure the supply chain S.-bound Sequoia enables the company to put up items for sale on its website faster and be able to more easily predict delivery estimates, said David Guerin, the company’s director of robotic storage technology. Nine of the outages occurred in the last four years.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The rings are “one of the first pieces of wearable technology to be deployed by Walmart Canada,” the company said. The company’s hope is to bring the technology to all of Walmart Canada’s 408 stores. The BrightDrop Zevo 600 has a payload of up to an estimated 2,200 pounds and over 600 cubic feet of cargo area.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 24, 2018

However, what we’re actually referring to is the fact that cold-chain shippers in the food industry are facing market conditions that demand investment in more and better infrastructure to support cold chain shipping. Here’s why (and how TMS technology can help ).

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2021

This severe restriction is typically caused by the time required to load and unload cargo and waiting for a slot at a destination. Demand for trucking capacity increased during 2021, further stretching the supply of drivers. Automation could be the answer. hours out of the legally available 11 hours actually driving.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

EU proposes supply chain emergency powers, spooking business. After a successful pilot program at 70 stores, Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with software company Focal Systems to bring a computer vision artificial intelligence solution to stores throughout the country. average hourly wage above $17.

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