The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol. Amazon, A.P.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

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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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

Trucking Freight Brokers to Merge Under Private-Equity Deal (WSJ – sub. Japan to subsidize pickup lockers to reduce parcel deliveries (Nikkei Asian Review). Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). November 2016 North American Freight Numbers.

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2020

Thailand’s 63 paved airports moved 2,134,149,001 mt-km of freight in 2015. In addition to its well-developed air freight infrastructure, Thailand also has a modern and robust transportation infrastructure of paved roads, rail and waterways. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. billion worth of goods.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Compared to the 1,382 containers on average lost per year between 2008-2019 as reported by The World Shipping Council, that’s a big jump. Until your freight has been involved in a vessel accident, you may not be aware of the process or overall impact to your supply chain. While their freight was not damaged, it was delayed.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. Import partners were China, Malaysia, the US, Japan and South Korea.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on size—to move ships through the canal.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Prior to that, the British Empire ruled the territory as colonies and protectorates, and Japan occupied the area from 1942 to 1945. The country moves over 2 billion mt-km of freight per year. . It’s merchant marine includes more than 1,700 vessels, including bulk carriers, container ships, general cargo ships and oil tankers.

Malaysia 81

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

This acquisition builds on the Panasonic/Blue Yonder strategic relationship, established in January 2019 with a partnership, followed by the creation of a joint venture company in Japan in November 2019. The agreement will help businesses that sell on Adobe’s platform offer free two-day shipping and other services, such as easy returns.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% German shipping banks face $22 billion in losses: Moody’s ( Reuters ). XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire NLM.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Seoul Central District Court is determining whether to dissolve Hanjin Shipping—a process that usually takes one or two months—but Hanjin’s case may need to be hastened. Just recently, Evergreen Line adopted measures to halt any of its operational involvement with Hanjin Shipping. There is a loss of faith among customers.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. percent from February 2019.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. In 2023 as well I predict that Japan will put into action efforts to rapidly increase their production capacity for SAF fuels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Drennan struggled to obtain a driver’s license from the Railroad Commission in charge of regulating motor-freight at the time, allegedly because of her hearing loss, though Drennan believed it to be related to her gender. Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in.

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Freightera

JANUARY 10, 2017

Demand for greener freight transport is coming primarily from the largest companies. Lowest cost freight transport will increasingly be lower emission as well. Lowest cost freight transport will increasingly be lower emission as well. Long distance shipping is generally energy intensive and wasteful.

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2020

Commercial ship repair is also significant. Registered airlines moved 885,277,991 mt-km of freight in 2015. billion worth of goods to China, the US, Germany, Japan, India, Botswana and Namibia. Industrial production is growing at about 1.2% Industry currently equals about 29.7% of South Africa’s GDP. Other Important Industries.

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2020

Commercial ship repair is also significant. Registered airlines moved 885,277,991 mt-km of freight in 2015. billion worth of goods to China, the US, Germany, Japan, India, Botswana and Namibia. Industrial production is growing at about 1.2% Industry currently equals about 29.7% of South Africa’s GDP. Other Important Industries.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! By comparison North America’s largest LTL carrier by revenue, FedEx Freight, has about 400 million lanes. We caught up with Eric Beckwitt to find out more.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Trucking Companies Boost Big-Rig Orders on Rising Shipping Demand (WSJ – sub. Nissan to trial robo-taxis in Japan (BBC News). freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO (Reuters). Large Truckload Driver Turnover Rate Rose in Third Quarter. Anheuser-Busch Orders 40 Tesla Semi Trucks (WSJ – sub.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Japan asks its insurers to retain marine war cover for LNG shippers in Russian waters. Customers will buy five items and return one, but when they package the one item, they use the same box the five items were originally shipped in,” explains Ryan Kelly, vice president of e-commerce and alliance marketing at FedEx.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 22, 2021

Bastille day in France, July 1st in Canada, Diwali in India, the Sumidagawa festival in Japan, Guy Fawkes night in the U.K., Given the source of supply most of the fireworks imported into the United States are shipped across the ocean into California for redistribution throughout the country. Shipping costs have increased dramatically.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2016

Of course, bitcoin as it exists today also has the potential to transform freight audit and payment and other supply chain finance processes, especially for small suppliers and transportation providers. An asset owner could use a blockchain application to track the quantity and transfer of assets as they move between supply chain nodes.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… CMA CGM to acquire NOL, reinforcing its position in global shipping. China Approves Merger of Cosco, China Shipping (WSJ- sub. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). SMC³ Unveils New Version of BatchMark XL Analysis Tool. for CMA CGM and 2.7%

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

August 2016 North American Freight Numbers. This week, as reported by Reuters, “Otto, the self-driving truck subsidiary of Uber, shipped a truckload of Budweiser from Fort Collins, Colorado to Colorado Springs last Thursday with the driver monitoring from the truck’s sleeper berth for the entire two-hour journey.”

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Amazon will start penalizing sellers who ship unsafe packages to its warehouses, like leaky chemicals and unmarked aerosols (CNBC). Parliament endorses landmark EU-Japan free trade agreement. DAT Freight Index: Spot Market Volumes and Rates Slip Lower in November.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

For example, the China-owned COSCO and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) have confirmed their merger. What would prevent from the Japan carriers NYK, “K” Line, and MOL to make the next move? Pending regulatory approvals, CMA CGM is positioned to acquire APL’s parent company, NOL.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 3, 2018

The study also found that clearing security accounted for 12% of total delivery time, while riding the freight elevator and looking for tenants’ locations accounted for 61% of overall time.” The new urban center would be bigger than Japan by population.”

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Elementum

JUNE 4, 2015

According to Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MITT), success of the initiative will mean that by 2025 China will be at a level of industrialization on par with “Germany and Japan at their early stages of industrialisation". Currently only 1% of Chinese container ship freight is moved by rail after it is unloaded.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

This should keep prices low and shipping lanes open. Typhoons can disrupt air and ship travel in Southeast Asia. But the typhoons will threaten Taiwan, China, and Japan, leaving countries like Indonesia in need of precipitation. This could be a record-setting year for typhoons, meaning heavy disruptions of air and sea freight.

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Shipchain

JANUARY 23, 2019

Dear Community, If you care about our company and/or the freight and logistics industry (which we really hope you do!), Our community of passionate freight and logistics leaders is the backbone of our company – and the reason why we are so excited about this news. Companies that ship temperature controlled goods of any kind.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 13, 2018

Many of the key inputs to this industry are shipped by air—something that will be familiar to many tech organizations. Our offices in Japan, Taiwan, and Xiamen, China, enable a smoother flow of goods for this customer. The program ensures ocean transit times are consistent and the freight arrives in time to meet customer needs.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Accenture ).

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. Europe has been aware and active since 2010.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

With last-mile delivery costs contributing to more than 50% of total shipping costs, the rising expectations in home delivery increases the risk of encountering inefficiencies. Transportation activities (aviation, rail, shipping, heavy and light trucking) are responsible for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

For example, the China-owned COSCO and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) have confirmed their merger. What would prevent from the Japan carriers NYK, “K” Line, and MOL to make the next move? Pending regulatory approvals, CMA CGM is positioned to acquire APL’s parent company, NOL.

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