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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Sunpower, Sun Energy Indonesia can all make our rooftops into power stations. Train, ship and airline technologies are lagging behind, but there are steps happening. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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Doing Business in Singapore

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Located in southeastern Asia between Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore is made up of a series of islands. billion worth of goods to countries including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the US, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Thailand. billion of machinery and equipment, mineral fuel, chemicals, food and consumer goods.

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Doing Business in Malaysia

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The fledgling country was troubled by an insurgency, confrontations with Indonesia, the Philippine’s claim on Sabah and then Singapore’s withdrawal in 1965. Located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is bordered by Thailand, Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei and the South China Sea. The country moves over 2 billion mt-km of freight per year. .

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Refractories are products that have been chemically engineered to resist high temperatures. The company has 18 plants and operating locations in the US, Canada, and Mexico as well as plants and labs in the UK, China, and Indonesia. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year.

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Petrochemical demand is up and prices are spiking

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This period of high prices and margins coincided with—and was partly supported by—supply chain disruptions, including the February 2021 deep freeze on the Texas Gulf Coast and port and shipping congestion in much of the world.

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Southeast Asian Pirates: Nothing to Shiver your Timbers Over

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There is chance of a rise in insurer premiums for ships that travel that area, which could lead to increased shipping costs. Pirates are targeting chemicals and fuel from slow moving tankers, hoping to siphon off materials to sell on black markets. The problem lies with chemical and fuel shippers.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

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Krakatoa (1969) Krakatoa, East of Java , is a disaster film loosely based on the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano located in Indonesia. In the actual Krakatoa eruption, ash fell in a 300,000 square-mile radius , halting ships for two and a half days.