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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

That streak came to an end in its first match, a 3-0 loss to Sweden, which happened to be the last team to defeat the US. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing. The cargo deliveries took place July 18 off the coast of Key West, Florida.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. came from trucks carrying cargo. Part 1–Defining the moment. degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker. Most of this, 45.1

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Opinion Editorial by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Operating Partner at Anchor Group and Mikael Lind, Senior Strategic Research Advisor at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. The transport and logistics sector should further raise its profile on the global stage of decarbonisation.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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Logistics Technology Trends That Will Dominate 2017

Techgistics

foreshadowing the potential of self-driving trucks in logistics. China, Singapore, and Sweden. Amazon and Logistics Amazon made waves in the industry in 2016 with a series of moves that illustrate that it is serious about getting into the logistics business. The software and hardware is available now.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

How close is it to significantly disrupting logistics? Walmart is using Uber itself to “uberise” its home delivery network, but logistics operators could become “Ubers” in their own right, offering no-strings, one-off, whenever and wherever logistics services. The same argument might extend to logistics in general.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

They especially encourage manufacturing and design enterprises that import, process and then re-export goods. For clarity, here’s a quick definition of each term: A free trade zone – or free zone as it is also known – can refer to specific-purpose manufacturing facilities.