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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The forest resources do not have to be imported yet, but sadly it is disappearing faster than it can grow back. Some countries even have geo-thermal resources (the same power which ignites volcanos) like Kenya and Indonesia. Fossil fuels, oil and gas and other commodities are not locally available.

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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

UPS collected the pallets on August 18 for Air Freight Consolidated service. Normally this means airport-to-airport delivery within three to five days with UPS acting as a “freight forwarder” to transport the goods using space available on commercial (passenger) airlines or dedicated cargo flights to the destination.

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The Rise of China-Africa Trade: Why Transportation and Logistics Should be Front and Center

BlueYonder

For instance, main ports in Africa – such as Kenya, South Africa or Nigeria – can be identified as the primary points for embarkation and disembarkation. Then road feeder services supported by strategically chosen or built distribution centers, warehouses and regional air freight from these main ports to other destinations can be planned.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). I’m not smart enough to know how to do it exactly, but as drivers become more of a scarce resource, I do know that maintaining the status quo will become untenable.