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Protect Your Shipments From Cargo Theft

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The alarming rise in cargo theft across the United States is becoming a significant concern for businesses, logistics providers, and consumers alike. As prices rise and certain goods become scarce, the value of stolen cargo on the black market increases. Nondescript packaging lessens the visibility and attractiveness of shipments.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long Wing is a part of Google parent company, Alphabet, that offers automated delivery drones to transport smaller packages from businesses to homes.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

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Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging. Ex-SpaceX engineers create autonomous rail system that may solve supply crisis. What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond. By October, it was up to $6,000-$6,500 per FEU.

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Top Five Transportation Trends

Logistics Viewpoints

These trends and technologies include the network effect, innovation in transportation management systems, time slot management applications, autonomous trucks, and the future of last mile deliveries, specifically looking at autonomous mobile robots and drones for home delivery. The primary reason companies buy a TMS is for freight savings.

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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Typically, 45% to 50% of cargo is carried in belly holds of aircraft. With broad-based support packages, targeting hardest-hit industries like aviation, coupled with support of a strong logistics ecosystem, reinforced by global players such as DB Schenker. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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The initiative involves placing RFID tags on packages and wearable devices on employees to eliminate manual scans, reduce misloads, and accelerate parcel throughput in the delivery giant’s warehouses. The smart package program also aims to improve the customer experience by slashing the rate of packages placed in the wrong delivery vehicle.

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Ground services for air freight: Opportunities & obstacles in e-commerce

DELMIA Quintiq

I decided to attend because one of the topics on the agenda was the impact of e-commerce on the air freight business. I will come to that subject later, because during the conference it became clear that air freight industry is having an existential crisis that is affecting the e-commerce in more than one way. Lagging technology.

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