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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

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Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

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During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

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While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers. Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4%

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In this edition, we include six added news capsule events that has occurred across the supply chain technology spectrum: Livent Corp. The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. This event was led by I Squared Capital. to Combine with Allkem Ltd.

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Tight container market creating capacity issues for shippers

Turvo

The extraordinary cascade of events triggered by the pandemic led to a severe container shortage. Containers from Asia were shipped to North America, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, almost nothing moved in the opposite direction. And it wasn’t just about docks and warehouses. Fewer ships in operation .

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4 In February, a new Stage I Measure was introduced, which tracks that average period from cargo ready to origin port departure. this month. ’.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. A series of unfortunate events. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Sustainable warehousing.