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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

In an interview with Arab News, Prashant Saran, director of operations for Amazon in the Middle East and North Africa region, said that the new facility will provide sellers with more storage options and help them expand their online businesses to new markets. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. Supermarkets were forced to ration a range of fruit and vegetables earlier this year due to poor weather in Europe and Africa leading to shortages. households each year, a new report has found.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

Its objective is to give confidence to the 70% of consumers concerned about the ethical background behind their jewellery purchases. Unilever owns tea plantations in Africa and is using blockchain to improve sustainability and combat counterfeiting. Shortened release times for cargo offloaded at Shanghai port.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

It serves as a detour for ships traveling between ports in Europe, America, and ports in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania. The Suez Canal Company's shares were purchased by Great Britain in 1874, making it the sole owner. New age of European dominance in Pacific Asia began with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

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From the Desks of the Entire ShipChain Team – 9/25/2020

Shipchain

have active partnerships and pilots with corporations outside of the United States? . With that being said, we are in ongoing discussions and have active pilots and customers in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America outside of the US. Does ShipChain Inc. What market sectors are you most excited about?

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: $14.2