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How Disruptive is Global E-Commerce? More Than You Think

Talking Logistics

We have heard similar stories in Sweden and the U.S. In the traditional model, products such as electronics sold into Europe would have entered in a container in bulk through ports like Antwerp or Rotterdam, been deconsolidated by a freight forwarder in the Benelux or transshipped further into Europe.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. Security procedures—including a requirement that trucks stop within a certain radius of Calais for inspection—were introduced by many shippers to prevent migrants from stealing aboard freight vehicles.

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Responding to the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The framework covers: freight traffic intensity choice of freight transport mode capacity utilisation energy efficiency switching to low carbon energy There is no “silver bullet” instead a bundle of decarbonisation enablers needs to be activated. Use a ‘five decarbonisation lever’ framework to develop a road map for decarbonisation.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

As a disclaimer, WebCargo , a Freightos Group company, does offers digital services to global forwarders and carriers, including online sales portals, digital eBooking, multimodal rate management and the Freightos.com freight marketplace. . The Freight Game of Thrones. The Maersk Shift: Where it started.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively. The 115 mile Oresund Strait, a nautical dead end linking the North Sea and the Baltic, is a gateway between Denmark and Sweden. meters in 2001.

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