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Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024

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This year, as with years in the past, there is a broad and deep line-up of supply chain and logistics conferences to attend. The post Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Welcome 2024! Many events exist in North America, Europe, and Asia. Safe travels!

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This Week in Logistics News (March 4 – 10)

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state of New York. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The February reading in the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index was -0.26, reaching negative territory for the first time since August 2019. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon also are moving to decarbonize drayage.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

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You learn something new every day. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Container dwell fee paused at Port of New York and New Jersey. Amazon is acquiring Cloostermans, a company out of Belgium that is a specialist in mechatronics. Railroad strike averted. Amazon is buying Cloostermans.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 2 – 8)

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I saw an article recently about a cargo flight headed to Belgium from New York that had to turn around mid-flight. The pilot called air traffic control in Boston and reported: “We don’t have a problem as of flying-wise but we need to return, return back to New York. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Amazon News Cycle Accelerates With a Purpose

Supply Chain Matters

Following an acknowledgement by CEO Andy Jassy that the retail platform provider may have overexpanded capacity needs related to supporting online commerce logistics and customer fulfilment needs and restoring operational profitability levels, a series of swift realignment actions are now underway. That includes a recently announced $3.9

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The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt

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“FedEx and UPS have ground to a complete standstill today due to what they say is a virus in their logistics shipping software…blaming the hacking group Anonymous after they declared their intention to punish shipping companies for halting shipments of flu vaccines into China.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 8 – 14)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. The three largest US all-cargo airlines are opposing a request by Saudi Arabian Airlines for permission to operate cargo flights from Liege, Belgium, to New York and Chicago because the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia doesn’t grant similar flexibility to US carriers to fly there from third countries.