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Preparing for Disaster

Elementum

Last year Houston faced historically devastating flooding during Hurricane Harvey. As the intensity and scope of natural disasters hitting the US continues to increase, it is becoming clear that cities like Houston have infrastructure and urban planning that are not built to withstand the havoc these storms bring. Urban Plan B.

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Is It Time to Concentrate on Climate Adaptation?

Enterra Insights

Millions of people in Asia, in cities like Mumbai, Beijing, and Tokyo, would be uprooted and have to move inland. we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” … Dakar, Accra, Jeddah — gone. And in the U.S.,

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. 0 TEUs 0 meters long.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

although some are in Europe, South America, and Asia. TMW Systems : in.sight User Conference + Expo 2018 , September 9-12, Houston, TX. eft 5th Annual Asia-Pacific 3PL and Supply Chain Summit , TBA, Singapore (2017: Nov 20-21). Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S., Industry Conferences (chronological order).

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. . Significance.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

although some are in Europe, South America, and Asia. TMW Systems : in.sight User Conference + Expo 2019 , September 15-18, Houston, TX. Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Industry Conferences (chronological order).

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

According to data from Bloomberg Intelligence , container trade for the Asia to North America segment fell 26 percent during Q1 of this year. West Coast ports in favor of other ports such as Houston and major U.S. The open question is whether such declines reflect a return to pre-pandemic shipping volumes. East Coast ports.