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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond. Xeneta currently puts the Asia-West Coast spot rate at just under $10,000 per FEU, with some cargoes paying additional priority shipment fees of $1,400-$7,500. By October, it was up to $6,000-$6,500 per FEU.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

CEVA was responsible for delivering hundreds of parts to the GM Kokomo, Indiana, facility, in the U.S., Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. Photo Credit: Changi Airport Group.

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How holy is the Grail of Real-Time in Supply Chain?

Global Trade Management

A transportation management system (TMS) helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost effectively. arviem cargo monitoring real time monitoring supply chain TMS visibility' TMS achieve these savings based on process enforcement, visibility, analytics, and optimization.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. With three maritime ports that together rank 7th in waterborne shipping, Indiana provides the only statewide port system with direct waterway access to two U.S. Media Type.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. According to reporting from Transportation Topics, the contract “ would give the aircraft mechanics a 3.3% Gas Prices Rise in Parts of U.S., Defying Falling Futures.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Penske Logistics @PenskeLogistics In early 2018, Penske Logistics gained entry into the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), which encourages the development of blockchain applications in the transportation industry. In 2017, the company opened a new distribution center in Indiana to accommodate rapid growth.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

While still in the early stages of development, the emerging technology will instantly transport an item once it is picked at a warehouse or store to your living room. Seven years ago, I wrote that Cyberdyne Systems’ Skynet division was working on teleportation capabilities that will eliminate the need to wait for products to ship entirely.