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How Air Freight Ships Temperature-Controlled Goods

20Cube Logistics

Different perishable goods have different requirements for storage and handling, which makes things complicated for air freight transporters. While ULDs keep perishable goods safe during a flight, air freight is just one part of the supply chain. These considerations include: Preparing perishable goods for air freight shipment.

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Green Skies? Airlines Need a Tail Wind to Decarbonize

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Virgin Australia and Air Mauritius have both applied for voluntary administration. Innovation on such a grand scale is not impossible, – humanity has done it before. Tim has crafted delivery solutions for many e-commerce clients and managed the supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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Episode 89 - Quirks of Australian Logistics

Freight Plus

In this conversation they will discuss: Shipping Challenges in Australia. Exciting innovations occurring down under episode. He bounced around through a couple jobs until he finally ended up at Officeworks looking at transportation and innovation in the supply chain. They also use a lot of container freight.

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Quirks of Australian Logistics

Freight Plus

In this conversation they will discuss: Shipping Challenges in Australia. Exciting innovations occurring down under episode. He bounced around through a couple jobs until he finally ended up at Officeworks looking at transportation and innovation in the supply chain. They also use a lot of container freight.

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Does Rail Freight Transportation Really ‘Suck’ that Much?

Logistics Bureau

Why aren’t we using more rail freight in Australia? According to logistics theory, rail freight comes into its own over greater geographical distances. I seem to recall learning back in my Cranfield days that 600 km was the magic number above which rail freight made economic sense. Rail Freight Australia.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

On 10 November 2021 at COP26, 19 countries – including Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA) – joined the first framework to establish zero emission maritime routes. The third Z – Zero emission technology: First Movers Coalition. Roughly half of .

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This Week in Logistics News (August 29 -September 2, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Online freight marketplace Freightos acquires Spain’s WebCargoNet (TechCrunch). ports and beyond, said shippers, importers and freight forwarders. Freight brokers in Asia said about 540,000 containers are expected to face delivery delays that one of them said could range from a few days to more than a month. UPS Announces U.S.