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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 11/25/2022-12/02/2022

All Things Supply Chain

Qatar failing to keep its climate pledge for the 2022 World Cup Before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar pledged to make this the first carbon neutral…

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The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.

BlueYonder

The entire world is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup , held in Qatar from Nov. million fans will descend on Qatar for this event — which marks the first time an Arab country has hosted the World Cup. 20 through Dec. Over the course of four weeks, 32 teams and over 1.7 With a population of just 2.9

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . Qatar improves its overall Index ranking one spot to No. Qatar jumps two spots to No. GDP growth. Saudi Arabia was No.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Rickenbacker International Airport was a bustling hub for air freight well before the pandemic—a day’s truck drive to half of the U.S. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport. a digital freight forwarder. population, so the slogan goes. Nearby are distribution centers for companies ranging from Macy’s Inc.

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Freightos has publicly listed today as Nasdaq:CRGO

Freightos

As of this morning, Freightos is a public company trading on Nasdaq with the ticker CRGO , taking the next step in our journey to make global trade more efficient with the world’s global freight booking and payment platform. People complain that freight is a traditional industry. Together, we did it. We’re just getting started.

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The decrease of air freight, an opportunity for commercial airlines?

KEPLER Consulting

Air freight : situation and players. It is a bad time for air freight. Indeed, close to 70% of world air freight (in TKM) is transported in cargo decks of commercial aircrafts. Moreover, the top 10 freight carriers are occupied by 7 commercial airlines against 3 cargo specialists only. appeared first on KEPLER.

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Freight and Football/Soccer: Five Interesting Analogies

BlueYonder

The whole world is gripped by football/soccer fever these days with the FIFA Football World Cup in Qatar springing one surprise after another. I do this to point out the sheer analogy between such a goal – which in the commentator’s words “ oozes class ” – and the freight management/logistics management industry.

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