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This Week in Logistics News (July 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cargo ships avoiding Houthi attacks in the Red Sea face a different kind of delay-causing threat as they go around the southern tip of Africa: storms and 30-foot swells. Lidl also shared that it had identified 11 critical raw materials and committed to setting responsible sourcing targets for each group of items.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

came from trucks carrying cargo. At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol. Most of this, 45.1

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Freight Rates News December 2015

Freightos

Check out our roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics/supply chain sources. OUR TAKE A tonic for the (following) Carriers & Cargo section. CARRIER & CARGO: CHOPPY SEAS AHEAD FOR CARRIERS. Now, responding to a shortage of bricklayers in Australia, robots are building houses. DECEMBER 2015.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. An Update on Australia, China’s Largest Trading Partner. Measuring the Imbalances*.

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Responding to the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The maritime industry should embrace circular economy principles across the board to capture the full source of GHG emissions reduction potential. Open source is a way to spread the benefits of these technologies. Prior to that he was the Deputy Hydrographer of Australia. Boost global research in maritime decarbonisation.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. Blackbay, headquartered in the UK with offices in Australia and New Zealand, will fully integrate with the global BluJay team. Automated Truck Firm Raises $60 Million (WSJ – sub.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Fruit and vegetable shortages in Australia. Indeed, companies in the United States, Italy, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and China are already experiencing difficulties arising from t ier 2 supply interruptions. Australia Supply Chain: Fruit and Veg Shortages. The grain blockaded in Ukraine. Ukraine War and its Supply Chain Impact.