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Air Cargo is Gaining Momentum in 2023

American Global Logistics

As we navigate the third quarter of 2023, it's time to examine air cargo's role in global commerce. Air cargo is now essential for global supply chains and offers many benefits for businesses worldwide. Air cargo refers to the transportation of goods via an air carrier, which may be charter or commercial. billion in 2026.

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Key Tools and Technologies to Build the Warehouse of the Future

DELMIA Quintiq

This makes warehouse digital transformation a reality in order to sustain business and thrive amidst increasing competition and market pressures. billion by 2026. for location, humidity, temperature) that are interconnected across digital networks. billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD $14.18

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Technology Trends For Transportation in 2023: Top 5

Abivin

More companies are prioritizing sustainability as a critical component of the future of logistics. Typical autonomous vehicles such as drones or subway trains can carry cargo in other depths and reduce the amount of cargo circulation on the ground. Optimization is a huge trend and is expected to come to life in 2026 [4].

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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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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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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Lenovo’s innovative sustainability work with Maersk. 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. The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

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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. If they succeed, this will ultimately lead to more efficient, effective and sustainable freight supply chains.”. It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050.