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Responding to the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He is co-author of the Practical Playbook for Maritime Decarbonisation, and co-editor of Maritime Decarbonization Mikael Lind is world’s first (adjunct) Professor of Maritime Informatics engaged at Chalmers, and Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Use a ‘five decarbonisation lever’ framework to develop a road map for decarbonisation.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. At present, the choke points tend to be where existing border controls—in the United Kingdom and France, for instance—have been tightened owing to the influx of migrants. migrants) on the trailer.

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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. Logistic Service Providers (LSP), carriers, intermodal operators (air, sea, ground etc.),

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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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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

In the weeks following the Damco brand subsumption, DB Schenker released a press release that referenced the Damco changes: “The last thing shippers need at present is further uncertainty”. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. Despite increased frustration with this arrangement, rolled cargo and no-shows remains prevalent.