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Container ships to soon ‘sea’ low-carbon investments

Resilinc

Container ships are the backbone of world trade. According to Statista, the world’s merchant container ship fleet grew from 11 million metric tons (mt) of deadweight tonnage (a measure of a vessel’s weight-carrying capacity) to 275 million mt in 2020—a 2500% increase.

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

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Walmart said at the end of 2021, it is 57 percent toward its 2030 goal and while that’s great progress, much of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked. percent in the third quarter, down from 3.8

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Five Advanced Technologies That Are Revolutionizing Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

The energy crisis in China and the European conflict are bringing additional chaos in the form of production shutdowns, raw material shortages and blocked shipping lanes. billion by 2030 — an annual growth rate of 13.2%. By also considering carrier performance metrics, the decision engine can intelligently balance cost with service.

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The Not-So-Surprising Growth of 4PLs

BlueYonder

billion by 2030 as more companies seek a single supplier to provide turnkey management of all their supply chain and operational tasks. A dedicated 4PL can use its expertise to deliver the most efficient logistics, the most efficient supply chain, the best costs and the best performance metrics. They are purely objective.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities. The design of buffer strategies–capacity, inventory, and supplier relationships–to absorb demand and supply variability. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030.

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5 Signs You Need Advanced Supply Chain Analytics to Make Better Last-Mile Decisions

Locus

Final-mile delivery contributes to 53% of the total cost of shipping. As these time slots are connected to fleet’s capacity usage and availability, it becomes easier for dispatch managers to deliver orders to customers at their preferred time while fully utilizing fleet capacity.