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What is Inventory Planning and why should SMBs be doing it?

StockTrim

The transportation world is off its axis right now, largely due to the Covid Virus. This includes all modes of shipping via ocean, air, truck and rail (even couriers). Added to that is the recent turmoil in the Ukraine with Russia and Belarus being the agitators.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

However, emptying the contents of silos into the holds of ships is only one small part of the problem. As part of the export deal , Vladimir Putin’s forces must maintain a truce with Ukraine in the vicinity of the ports to allow ships to arrive and depart and be guided through mined waters by Ukrainian pilots.

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8 Countries and Regions Latest Sanctions Against Russia

Resilinc

The most extreme sanctions have impacted supply and manufacturing capabilities across the Energy, Aerospace, Transportation, Chemicals, Metals, and Automotive industries. 5) Ukraine On January 31, the Ukraine sanctioned 182 legal entities and 3 individuals in Russia and Belarus. In 2021, $17.4 of oil imports came from Russia in 2020.

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Beijing-Hamburg freight service completes maiden journey

Global Trade Management

. * Beijing-Hamburg freight service completes maiden journey by Staff Writers Hamburg, Germany (AFP) Jan 24, 2008 A goods train from Beijing arrived in Hamburg on Thursday after having crossed six countries in a journey organisers said could ring in a new era of rail transport between Asia and Europe.

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Doing Business in Poland

QAD

Poland’s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Poland continues to have issues with rail and road infrastructure, but it does have about 291,000 km of paved roads to support truck transport. The country joined NATO in 1999 and later became a member of the EU in 2004.

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China’s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

Elementum

Massive changes in technology, transportation, and power dynamics over the centuries, led to the eventual abandonment of the road. This will include a rail route stretching from Chongqing, China, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland to Duisburg in Germany. The second prong is the “21st Century Maritime route.”

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Eyefortransport is currently seeing major consolidation occurring in the shipping industry and expects to see further moves as logistics providers look to take advantage of e-commerce, cross-border trade and shifting global demand. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bangladesh. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island.

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