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

ToolsGroup

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. IATA data shows global demand for air cargo markets jumped 3.7% Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4%

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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.

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Automation is here and transforming logistics

Resilinc

Marine terminal automation is “the most contentious issue facing longshore unions on the West and East coasts of North America,” wrote JOC. According to The Maritime Executive , Shanghai port authorities expect automated operations to handle 30 million TEU by 2026. The automated terminal handled about 5 million of Shanghai’s 43.5