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Editor’s Choice: Air Freight Forwarders Must Increase Air Cargo Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

Today’s article is from Blume Global and highlights why air freight forwarders must help industry increase air cargo visibility. A driving factor is the lack of air cargo visibility. Airports, carriers, ground handlers, and logistics companies all have varying degrees of air cargo technology infrastructure.

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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark is the Executive Vice President and Head of International Logistics at Reliance Partners , one of the nation’s fastest-growing commercial insurance agencies. Mark spent over 7 years in leadership with the second largest freight brokerage in North America, Total Quality Logistics. In 2016, he was recruited to join MacroPoint.

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

Regardless of the location in which you are reading this article, you’re probably surrounded by items that originated from outside your local area. They write, “The logistics industry first started to take form when Marco Polo traveled to China on the Silk Road. ”[3] In 2019, Logistics Plus Inc.,

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Leveraging Your Bargaining Power in Logistics Service Provider Negotiations

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Leveraging Your Bargaining Power in Logistics Service Provider Negotiations by LSCMS Shippers’ Council The logistics industry is a complex and constantly evolving ecosystem that plays a vital role in the global economy. Logistics is a derived demand. Build relationships Logistics is still very much a people business.

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Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS), Supply and Distribution Group Launches Global Logistics Service Provider Benchmarking Index

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Singapore 12th August 2021: Recognising the heightened focus on overall supply chain performance due to increased disruption and challenges, shippers, manufacturers and beneficial cargo owners (BCO’s), are increasingly faced with soaring freights rates and what they, correctly or otherwise, perceive to be sub-standard or inferior service.

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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Typically, 45% to 50% of cargo is carried in belly holds of aircraft. With such dramatic reductions in flights, Singapore’s status of a logistics hub was put severely at risk. It is currently operating in 12 facilities across the island, with possibly the largest contract logistics footprint in Singapore.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. During Suzaka’s 500-mile voyage, the autonomous cargo ship performed 107 collision avoidance maneuvers without the help of a human.