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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. With such dramatic reductions in flights, Singapore’s status of a logistics hub was put severely at risk. However Singapore has managed to preserve it position as a global trade hub. Keeping Supply Chains Moving.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

raises $20M as it scales robot deliveries How friendshoring is impacting trade with China and the Far East Seagate to pay $300m settlement for violation of US export control laws Walmart is debuting the first North American 15-liter compressed natural gas engine, which is set to be incorporated into its private fleet.

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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. pandemic response. CEVA was responsible for delivering hundreds of parts to the GM Kokomo, Indiana, facility, in the U.S.,

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The Green Corridor – Logistics’ Role In Preventing The Next Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In two recently published scientific papers , an international team of scientists offered the strongest evidence to date that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in animals at a market in Wuhan, China. So how did an African pangolin end up in a food market in China?

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Making Asia a Leader – One Green Initiative at a Time

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

While China stands out as the largest producer of clean energy in the world, it is also the largest polluter in terms of green house gas emission. Can the warehouse facility actually produce clean energy? Can the warehouse be skipped altogether!? Can products take less space? Can packaging have less weight?

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The Green Corridor: Predictions Are In The Green!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. In Q1, 2023for example an expanded Neste Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) refinery will be coming online in Singapore. Air and Ocean Infrastructure.

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Alibaba, the prominent ecommerce leaders in China, has its share of expansions.

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