Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Freight heavyweight J.B. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 28, 2021

Freight companies are rejecting one in five contracts to take goods from France to the U.K. as border rules put in place after Brexit added to delays in moving goods across the English Channel.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2017

Attacks on global supply chains by terrorist groups have hit the highest rate ever as have associated costs, according to a report recently released by BSI. The variety of attacks include targeting the oil infrastructure, hijacking and cargo theft through to contraband smuggling, extortion and kidnapping schemes. .

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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Global Trade Management

APRIL 11, 2016

In one of our previous blog articles, we already mentioned the arviem capability of carbon-foot print analysis based on real-time cargo monitoring data. Real-time cargo monitoring could provide the relevant information and help to select areas of improvement. Improvements in the logistics chain are not only good for the environment.

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Turkey has 91 airports with paved runways, many of which are capable of handling jets and cargo planes. Twenty heliports can help with the speedy delivery of air freight when necessary. Agriculture makes up 6.8% of the GDP, but the sector employs 18.4% of the workforce.

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Global Trade Management

DECEMBER 11, 2014

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the Abroñigal freight terminal in Madrid. It consisted of 30 containers carrying 1,400 tonnes of cargo – mostly toys, stationery and other items for sale over Christmas across Europe.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

As [railroads] get better and in some cases, not as flexible, we want to have control over our entire supply chain," Braunbach said. Accenture, Amazon, and Mastercard's blockchain transparency platform could give supply chain visibility to consumers. “We Only 15% of retailers digitize end-to-end supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Measuring the Imbalances*.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 14, 2019

British Navy saves 27 aboard doomed cargo ship. Monday, a blaze ignited on the MV Grande America 205 miles off the coast of Brest, France. Meanwhile, in this week's, "Where's my freight?!". Last month, XPO lost $600 million in business from its largest customer whom most industry analysts believe was Amazon. Spotify. ,

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TMC

JANUARY 28, 2016

Probably the most notable outcome from a logistics standpoint has occurred in Calais, France, where trucks headed for the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom were being boarded by migrants. million trucks in both directions between France and the United Kingdom last year. The service carried some 1.5

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Moving on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… XPO Logistics to Acquire Norbert Dentressangle SA. Infor Announces Major Enhancements to Supply Chain Management. Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. UPS Freight Adds LNG Tractors.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). The company will offer the HighJump® Supply Chain Advantage suite to customers in the region. The functionality accounts for all applicable national tolls in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. UPS Sets 2014 Rates.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. percent, France 9.5 leaving the EU. Both the U.S

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QAD

MAY 23, 2019

Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. The Netherlands has a total of 29 airports, five of which are considered major airports, and two of which have paved runways capable of handling cargo planes. In 2015, registered air carriers moved more than 5 billion kmt of air freight. France and Italy.

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Elementum

APRIL 22, 2015

The emergence of UAS as a commercial asset has the potential to completely alter the way the world transports physical goods as well as services infrastructure within supply chains. Amazon’s public spat with the FAA highlights a supply chain issue that has been gaining more attention in recent years: last mile delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

is trying to build its own solar-manufacturing supply chain almost from scratch and supporting the effort with sizable subsidies. The supply chain and workforce that make up the sector are constantly evolving. New spending records are expected for jewelry ($6.4 billion), flowers ($2.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. The two designs, one that looks more like a small plane used by hobbyists and another with a big belly used for additional cargo space, were recently unveiled in a company blog post. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Alphabet Inc.’s

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

The reality is that the Smiley Company, which is celebrating its 50 th birthday this year, created smiley as a symbol for good news in the newspaper France Soir in 1972. FedEx plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery with Elroy Air. Chipotle’s push for humane chicken delayed amid tight supplies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

However, the most surprising new addition, at least to me is supply chain (the chain of processes, businesses, etc. I was beyond shocked that supply chain had never been in the dictionary before. But I guess the pandemic brought the topic to the forefront of conversations, making it eligible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I always find the news round-up exciting to write, as I end up reading more about supply chain and logistics than I would have thought possible. Border leaders sign agreement for Rio Grande Valley’s 2nd cargo bridge. Today also marks the last news round-up of the year. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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E2open

OCTOBER 22, 2018

E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network. Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics technologies such as robotic warehouse systems make automation a reality, while drones improve last-mile delivery capabilities and better tracking with tools like RFID tags improve visibility throughout the supply chain. Supply chain management through AI will continue to refine. Brian Jessup. brianjessup.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In a market with thousands of third party logistics (3PL) providers it can be a daunting task figuring out which provider belongs where along each link of your supply chain. The 1PL is the shipper, beneficial cargo owner, or consignee. In the modern globalized world of logistics, the shipper has more options than ever.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

FedEx earnings reflect labor shortage, supply chain woes. Ford, Redwood form circular supply chain for EV battery materials. Circular supply chains are becoming more commonplace as consumers and businesses alike look to reduce their carbon footprint and increase sustainability initiatives. and $19.50

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 11, 2016

It’s true we can access information about happenings halfway across the world with the click of a mouse, but transporting cargo more than 10,000 miles from Paris, France, to Sydney, Australia, still takes smart people, advanced technology, and the right processes. After the recent announcement that C.H.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). meters in 2008 as opposed to 22.5

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Jacobs in 2011.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It has forced a number of companies to re-route cargo around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, adding days to journeys. It has forced a number of companies to re-route cargo around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, adding days to journeys. .”

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QAD

AUGUST 11, 2020

Border countries include Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Coupled with its advantageous location, this makes Italy an excellent location for manufacturing supply chains. Annual freight traffic was 945,433,732 mt-km in 2015.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In France, Friday 13th might have been associated with misfortune as early as the first half of the 19th century. The holdup makes it exceedingly difficult for businesses to manage supply chains, it said. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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