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How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. But to be honest, the shipping industry is as much of a culprit. If we take a closer look, we can see that global aviation, including domestic and international; passenger and freight accounts for 2.5% First of all, the shipping industry today is enormous. Size Matters.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. Now that the SU military has retrieved the wreckage, new details are emerging. Retailers in the U.S. West Coast was $2,618 as of Feb.

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How Car Technology Innovations Will Transform Logistics

GlobalTranz

Driverless vehicles are currently being used across a wide range of industries for a variety of government, commercial and consumer applications, including military minesweeping, Mars robot explorations, farming with self-driving tractors, automatic lawnmowers, parking assistant systems and public transportation pods.

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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

UAVs or “drones”, well known in the military world are slowly but surely making life better in the civilian world when speed and security are highly prized. Singapore for example has allowed for delivery to ships in its waters. It’s not all about blood either. A major challenge though is actually finding enough UAV pilots.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.

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A Review of the Carmack Amendment

Intelligent Audit

14706 to the Interstate Commerce Act limits shippers’ liability and allows logistics providers to operate with the knowledge that federal law holds responsible parties accountable for freight loss. . In the case of freight damage caused by increasingly common natural disasters, theCarmack Amendment 49 U.S.C. Act of Default or Shipper.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 16-20, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Amazon Looking to License or Acquire Freight-Management Technology (WSJ-sub. Kewill Introduces SOLAS-Compliant Freight Forwarding Solution by Integrating INTTRA eVGM Service. Orders can be shipped as early as same day. Otto, a start-up by ex-Googlers to make trucks driverless, has launched (CNBC). E-Commerce Drives Surge in U.S.