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Prices Set To Ramp Up For Chinese New Year: Freight Rate Update W2

Freightos

Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos, “Savvy shippers will be booking now to avoid the higher pricing as the Chinese New Year shutdown week looms. Following disruptions caused by bad weather in US and Europe two weeks ago, last week airport operations quickly returned to normal, and cleared any cargo backlogs. Europe-South America Atlantic.

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

Talking Logistics

So reads a section from CyberStorm , a book by Matthew Mather about “what a full scale cyber attack against present-day New York City might look like from the perspective of one family trying to survive it.” Could this fictional scenario come true someday?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). and South America, collects, cleanses and commercializes logistics trade data from over 50 nations across 5 continents, including key markets in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the European Union. million in cash.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Mr. Gladwell cites Malcolm McLean in the book " David and Goliath.". Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. Significance. Loading costs plummet.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Significance.

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How the Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Face of Natural Disasters

Material Handling & Logistics

In the past year alone wildfires have ravaged California, multiple hurricanes have hit South America, and Indonesia has been rocked by a deadly earthquake and tsunami that caused thousands of fatalities. To put it simply, context matters.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Since its launch in the United States, the Amazon Flex system has spread into many parts of the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Using the DHL Spaces platform, customers can search for warehouse space on a location basis. 4) MakeSpace and Omni. 5) Freightos, Shipa Freight, Convoy.