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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

The Kingdom of Belgium achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, and has become an admired modern country, well-known as the home of international organizations such as NATO and the EU. Since most Western European capitals are within 1,000 km of Brussels, Belgium’s capital, it is an ideal location for international groups.

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The Impact of SOLAS on Ocean Shipping and Data Management

Talking Logistics

The revised Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) container weight verification requirement is a significant change in the ocean cargo supply chain. Ports, which are already at high capacity as a result of the profusion of larger vessels, may face further bottlenecks to ensure that containers have been weighed.

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Conquering the high seas: What’s shaking the global liner shipping industry?

DELMIA Quintiq

Rules for container traffic between Europe and Asia are being rewritten and this has had profound implications for West European terminals: Supply fluctuations have resulted in a fragmented terminal capacity. Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. Make way for the colossus of the seas.

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Logistics Hubs as Drivers of Innovation

MIT Supply Chain

Key players came together at the first European Logistics Clusters Forum , on October 14 -15, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium, to explore their possible involvement in the initiative. It’s a chicken-and-egg problem; shippers will not provide the cargo until operators guarantee the rail capacity, and vice versa.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Specifically, the top countries most impacted by the Suez Canal blockage include the UK, Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, and Austria. For example, asset-based carrier Cargo Transporters ran across-the-board pay raises but were still having trouble attracting drivers.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The first is size , of course, with Maersk running over 17% of global ocean capacity , but also selling land-services to just under 20% of those same customers. million TEUs of capacity it must fill. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle.

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E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network

E2open

Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information. Avantida’s platform currently serves Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Spain. www.avantida.com.