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The Green Corridor – My Visit to Energy Observer – A Tour into the Future of Ocean Travel

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Last month, I had the privilege to visit the Energy Observer, which was making a stop right here in Singapore during her around-the-world voyage! The Energy Observer project started in France in 2017 with support from French industries. The Green Corridor – My Visit to Energy Observer – A Tour into the Future of Ocean Travel.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. They’re coming.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Singapore donated 4 cryogenic oxygen tanks that were airlifted by the Indian Air Force. France and Germany also extended their support with the supply of emergency medical equipment. Next step was inbound transportation while tackling issues as limited and volatile freight capacity, time pressure and difficult ETAs.

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The India supply chain revolution

Supply Chain Movement

Past estimates from Mumbai-Calcutta have been as high as a seven-fold delay for freight as compared to a passenger vehicle. For example, Singapore has become a prominent hub due to its trade agreements in the region. Reddy estimates that this increased transit time by about 50% on a high volume transport lane like Mumbai-Delhi.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. Customers in Singapore will also benefit from increased European inbound capacity. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Alphabet’s Wing develops new fleet of drones. FedEx Express introduces new routes between Asia and Europe.