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Critical Legal Considerations for International Parcel Shipping

Intelligent Audit

Several different regulatory standards, as well as liability and parliamentary rules, govern international parcel delivery services. For most international shipments, the terms outlined in INCOTERMS rather than the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) usually are held as the governing legal terms. Cargo Liability.

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The Cost of Backhauls

Operations and Supply Chain Management

· More than a fifth of the distance driven by European cargo trucks in 2021 was “deadhead mileage,” where vehicles traveled empty, often on the return leg of a journey. · · This means that trucks travel with no cargo at all for billions of miles — with a significant financial and environmental cost for shippers and carriers. ·

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Can supply chain finance help enforce ESG?

Global Trade Management

Implementing the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in January 2026 for large corporates and smaller firms in January 2027 makes it clear that supply chain sustainability will become even more critical.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Since neon gas is used to produce semiconductor chips, both governments and businesses are seeing prices increase. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers. Wall Street Journal ).

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

The agreement, sealed after two months of talks, could provide much-needed reassurance for impoverished countries that rely on Ukrainian or Russian grain—and the operators of some 70 cargo vessels currently under blockade in Ukrainian ports. Agreement Signed, But Can it Hold? Like the Bear, the Tiger Has Teeth.

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Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet

Material Handling & Logistics

Imagine moving cargo across continents as smoothly as computers process data. Data-centric freight exchanges and intelligent multimodal cross-docking hubs will allow haulers to move cargo effortlessly by road, rail, sea and air and seamlessly change carrier, or even transport mode, in real time.