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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

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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. 2021 marked DB Schenker’s 51st year in Singapore.

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Doing Business in Singapore

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The Malaysian island of Singapore was originally known as Temasek (“Sea Town”) after the first settlers found it in AD 1298-1299. In 1819, the British East India Company established a trading settlement on the island, which set modern Singapore into motion. Singapore’s landmass is only 719 sq. Manufacturing in Singapore.

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The Green Corridor: To Realise the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community

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This is the challenge that industries face all around the world. Ideally one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but that takes coordination of people in different industries. In one example, Crust Group in Singapore provides a Southeast Asian example of a cross industry “circular economy” partnership.

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Packing for the Future

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The Singapore National Environment Agency calculated that in 2020, 1.14 million tons of paper and cardboard waste was generated (Singapore population of 5.45 To achieve this, more investments in recycling processing systems are needed, a fact the Singapore government is aware of and has made plans for this.

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LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – December/January 2022

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STEPPING UP CAPABILITIES WITH INDUSTRY 4.0 In this edition we have several news updates, interesting & enlightening articles and contributions on people & management – topics which are most crucial to the development of the Supply Chain Industry across regions as well as globally. Is your freight invoice accurate?

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The Green Corridor: The Circular Journey

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. #1 Your Input Channel In November 2022 my story To Realize the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community , I used the example of a company that takes bread crusts (a by-product of one industry) and uses it for making beer. The advice in November is the same today – talk to the business community outside of your own industry.

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX)

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). Today, the go-to metric for that question is typically Standard & Poor’s 500, the Nikkei, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a shockingly poor indicator , if you look closer). The underlying premise dates back further, even for freight.

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