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

Supply Chain Game Changer

The government and the scientific community never actually expect a second wave of this magnitude. Saudi Arabia shipped 80 Metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to India and Portugal assured 20,000 litres of oxygen per week to India along with 5503 vials of Remdesvir. We probably took it lightly and got into the celebration mode.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Antitrust action by the government. Antitrust action by the government. Moving on, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million (WSJ – sub. Song of the Week: “Feel It Still” by Portugal. Walmart, UPS, Facebook, and Netflix joining forces.

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Doing Business in Portugal

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With 1,793 km of coastline, Portugal has a long history as a seafaring country and once had colonies all over the world. Its capital city, Lisbon, was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1755, and later, Portugal endured years of revolution and occupation before democratic reforms were put in place in 1974.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively. The Panamanian government decided to enlarge the Panama Canal in 2006. billion US dollar expansion project. In 2016, about 2.4

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