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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Yes, SAP had inbound ASN’s (advanced ship notices). In one major case in 2017, the Hanjin Shipping company was declared bankrupt by South Korean courts. Or if the ship was in transit, Molex could see the geoposition and the speed of the vessel, and we could clearly tell it wasn’t going to go where it was supposed to go.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

Shipping Gazette Daily News. One of the most comprehensive daily summaries, and by far the leading Asian-based summary, China’s Shipping Gazette provides daily information about carriers, forwarders and technology. Air Cargo World. This American based niche news site specialises in air cargo. Logistics Management.

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. There’s also the added labor, time-consuming worker training, the need to discount inventory, and additional handling and shipping fees. And inefficient processes are just the half of it.

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When the Heavy Hand of Government is Not a Burden

MIT Supply Chain

One manifestation of this problem is that multiple ports on the east coast are deepening their approach channels in order to attract bigger cargo ships. The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS wants to ship packages in the metaverse. The filings are for goods and services including “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs); “virtual goods, namely, packages, parcels, [and] shipping labels;” and “virtual retail shipping.” ” I wonder if the metaverse expects same-day shipping.

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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping

FLEXE

I’m Nerijus Poskus — Director of Pricing and Procurement at Flexport. Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. So today and yesterday, there was not enough capacity, cargo was rolled, prices spiked. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered.

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Top Logistics & Supply Chain Blogs We Followed in 2018 & Suggest You Follow in 2019

Shipchain

Ship Lilly. The blog is run by Lilly and Associates and covers a huge range of topics from drop shipping, outsourced fulfillment, the trucking shortage, U.S.-China More Than Shipping. The More Than Shipping blog is a comprehensive resource for shipping trends, supply chain planning, project and specialized cargo and more.