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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Trimble Acquires Brazil-Based Veltec to Expand its Global Portfolio of Transportation Solutions. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). Trucking costs to halve by 2030, study predicts (LLoyd’s Loading List).

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

However, their carbon reduction goals for their value chain operations for 2030 will not be changed. The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ). There were also freight savings. and Data Science.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 29 – August 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Teamsters union has already said it is “putting infrastructure in place to help affected members get the assistance they need to find good union jobs throughout freight and other industries.” The company will move to 30% recycled content in most bottles sold in Brazil, Europe, and the U.K. that were returned to Tesco by consumers.

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Ultimate Guide To Technologies That Are Transforming Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, AI’s potential contribution to the global economy by 2030 is USD15.7 Unilever, a consumer goods company, created a pilot digital twin of a factory in Brazil in 2018 and now plans to implement digital twins of 170 global plants by the end of 2020. Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?