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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Singapore’s Status a Global Hub. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines. Typically, 45% to 50% of cargo is carried in belly holds of aircraft. With such dramatic reductions in flights, Singapore’s status of a logistics hub was put severely at risk. Keeping Supply Chains Moving.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. We want to support and enrich these local communities through what we do best: logistics and transportation services.

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The Green Corridor: Catching the Sun Light! – How Logistics is Harnessing the Power of the Sun

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Fortunately, great minds are making progress to capture this energy in ways that could change the transportation and logistics industry. In addition to saving on electricity used in warehousing activities, the electricity in some cases can even be sold back to the grid. Vehicles Also Have Roofs!

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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Additionally, the superior speed vs. ground transportation is unquestioned. Singapore for example has allowed for delivery to ships in its waters. While delivering medicines, food and spare parts, Skyports electric drones by design also eliminate all of the carbon emissions and much of the danger in ship to ship cargo transfers.

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Making Asia a Leader – One Green Initiative at a Time

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Can the warehouse facility actually produce clean energy? Can the warehouse be skipped altogether!? When moving cargo, can shipments be consolidated more? Is there a plan to electrify the company fleet or a demand for the transport vendors to reduce their emissions ? Can products take less space? Can pallets weigh less?

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse- A Reminder of Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Matters

Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have reportedly recovered the ship’s data recorder and will conduct interviews with crew members and harbor pilots who were onboard the vessel.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers.