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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Venues outside the greater Tokyo metropolitan area would allow small numbers of spectators, and the policy for the Paralympics will be decided next month. Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland.

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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

Readers who are familiar with Germany’s labor policies know that labor representation is matter national practice that includes organized labor having a voice within a German company’s executive level Supervisory Board. According to German labor union IG Metall , the concerns were motivating more workers to consider joining a labor union.

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The World Bank Cares About Logistics

Supply Chain View from the Field

The World Bank is looking at logistics form a policy perspective, which has just emerged in the last ten years. The World Bank has subsequently adopted a focus on logistics as a policy area. One measure is also the LPI Index which shows how transport costs down and freight costs go up as the index goes up.

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Speed Bumps on the Road to Growth for China’s 3PLs

MIT Supply Chain

Good transportation links a logistics strength in China. This growth is strongly encouraged by the Chinese government, which aims to develop the country into a premium integrated transportation and logistics hub with supply chain management competence to strengthen China’s position in international trade.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

Now it is becoming a regulatory policy around the world. There is carbon present at all stages of the building, from producing the steel, to transporting the steel (and other materials), to erecting the building, and to operate the building, and eventually to the decommission stage. This is also happening in European countries.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

US initiates trade fight with Mexico over energy policy. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. FedEx Express introduces new routes between Asia and Europe.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

London policy makers conceived the idea of freeports as a means of extending Britain’s commercial empire and to ruin the rival Dutch trade economy. Each of these freeports is an important logistical, transportation, and trade area offering a competitive advantage to businesses that operate within them.