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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the wheelchair division, Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the men’s race at 1:17:06 and Susannah Scaroni of the US won the women’s race with a time of 1:41:45. And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 minutes per mile.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions. Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace. In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6

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Digitization in the Making – A reflection post-pandemic frenzy!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Supply chain and logistics is often labeled as a digital laggard with a high level of inertia. Imbalances in ocean transport, port congestion and equipment shortages, with surging freight rates became the new normal. What is it that is holding the supply chain and logistics industry back? It needs to be understood. Load More.

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Digitisation: Shifting Gears in 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Supply chain and logistics are at the centre of our economy. Supply chain and logistics is often labelled as a digital laggard with a high level of inertia. Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. Technology is a key enabler of the transformation.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The initiatives launched at COP26 will significantly reshape the transport and logistics ecosystem, its fleets, its infrastructure and its practices. COP26 has received more attention than previous summits.

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Captains of Ocean Freight: The Top 3 Ocean Carriers

3PL Insights

In today’s global economy, ocean freight is necessary to meet the demands of consumers worldwide. Ocean freight allows companies to transport their goods reliably, en masse, and cheaply. Like many industries, there are some companies that simply dominate the field, and the ocean freight industry is no different.

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