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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Instead, they are printed ahead of time, for both teams. Xeneta currently puts the Asia-West Coast spot rate at just under $10,000 per FEU, with some cargoes paying additional priority shipment fees of $1,400-$7,500. While printing operations have been greatly improved, clearly there is no way that these items are printed on-demand.

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Carbon Mitigation Actions; For The Planet, And for the Pocket

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As a consumer, I expect when I invest in an appliance or a tool, it will keep working for a reasonably long time to bring a return. This is not just for meeting a target – it is for the health of our planet. Geo thermal Power Station in Iceland. M achines are built to last ! Planet earth is similar.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Richard crossed the finish line at 2:52 pm, which was almost the exact time the bombs went off. This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. And what a race it was.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In other words, halal requires an organisation of the supply chain instead of just the factory: from source all the way up to point of consumer purchase. Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain. Current practices.

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Black Friday 2016: Brought To You By Logistics

Freightos

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. What’s working for ocean freight (and what isn’t). Ocean freight has had a complicated year so far. Beyond speed, one of air freight’s primary advantages over ocean has always been reliability. Ocean freight is cheap. zschreiber.

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Minnesota turkeys are stuffing outbound trucks

DAT Solutions

The Land of a Thousand Lakes is also the number-one state for turkey production, by a wide margin. So it's no big surprise that the Minneapolis market area was also the land of a thousand loads (per day) in the first half of November, as fresh turkeys got stuffed into temp-controlled trailers during the run-up to Thanksgiving.

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Can Supply Chain Management Fix Supply Chain Woes?

Enterra Insights

They write, “Mainstream news reports are full of claims that supply chains are broken, citing widespread product shortages, overflowing ports and spiking freight costs. So, there was a supply disruption and an increase in demand hitting the market at the same time. ”[3]. Supply and Demand are Out of Whack.