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E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index Reveals Notably Improved Cross-Ocean Transit Time for Global Freight Deliveries

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Vancouver, Canada, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This implies planners are still booking earlier to avoid potential delays at the port of arrival or overland transport. While it is the most cost-effective transportation mode, ocean shipping has been in a constant sea of change.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

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For some shippers it is collapsing demand and leaving unprecedented idle capacity. A surge in demand to ship the flood of crude oil unleashed by Saudi Arabia and its OPEC peers is sending freight rates surging and forcing buyers to seek out space on smaller tankers after the largest ones have been booked out, shipping sources said.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

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However,lack of coordination between state ,centre and healthcare sector topped with transportation issues resulted in this struggle to cope up with the sudden spike in demand for liquid oxygen. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE. An important point to note here is that India has adequate oxygen production.

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Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste

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trailed both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil production, and it trailed Russia in natural gas production. One area where significant waste exists is transportation management. Simply put, many oil and gas companies manage their transportation operations in a highly decentralized and fragmented manner with little or no technology.

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E-commerce Fulfillment: Everything you need to know

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was witnessed in UAE, followed closely by Saudi Arabia at 3.8%. Statistics show that 98% of e-commerce in UAE and Saudi Arabia consists of Electronics, Groceries, Fashion, Beauty, and other Home products, making these two countries an attractive market for e-commerce sellers. It grew from 2-3% in 2019 to 5% in 2020.

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

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For instance, the business in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is completely shut during Salat. Through proper route planning and optimization, it can also help in choosing the right time and mode of transportation for the delivery. It is therefore worthless to execute deliveries of consignments during that.

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The OilFields Market Guide to Oil Field Services!

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Oilfield services market, in general, covers manufacturers, repairers, and maintenance companies specializing in oil extraction and transportation. A general description of these oil and gas service companies could be that they manufacture, repair, and maintain equipment that is used in oil extraction and transportation. From USD 135.1