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Is TPPA going to ground e-commerce or let it fly (ideally, as air freight)?

DELMIA Quintiq

The next step is to present the proposal to national legislatures. And, if many of those packages cross the Pacific waters, or generally travel farther than 600 kilometers, the air cargo shippers specializing in express packages will also stand to benefit from that wave of volume. Who will benefit the most from TPPA?

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Current State of International Transportation Industry – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Beneficial Cargo Owners) to conduct International Freight in their very-own environment, powered by TRAMES’ technology. Trames’ EcoSystem presents a number of opportunities for process improvement and productivity gains. Analytics: The ability to harness cargo and freight data can yield significant benefits to any Shipper.

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Information Sharing Communities for Digitally Enabled Supply Chain Visibility – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

port authorities and terminal operators, regulatory bodies, and Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCO) are all working on this topic. Similarly, the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine is at present a logistics challenge that has never been faced before. Head of Digital Cargo , IATA. All share the need for data, and all want to know more.

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Speculation and Shipping in the South China Sea

Elementum

A destabilized shipping route drives up costs in more ways than one, but how close are we to a problem that has yet to definitively present itself? of ASEAN’s total trade, set Australia back a good $20M in cargo annually, and cost $270 and $600M in rerouting for South Korea and Japan, respectively, every year. Everything has a cost.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

When fully laden, ultra-large crude carriers (ULCC; tankers of more than 300,000 tons) cannot pass through the canal because of its present capacity of 240,000 tons. It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020).

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