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Global Supply Network Threat Landscape Intensifies

Supply Chain Matters

military installations in Qatar and Iraq. The report cites freight intelligence firm Xeneta as indicating that average spot rates for movement from China to Middle Eastern ports had spiked 55 percent through Friday of last week while large crude tanker spot rates were up 154 percent week over week through Thursday.

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Unlocking Digital Efficiency in Logistics – Data Standards and Integration

Freightos

The increase in the volume and use of digitized freight data has made the need for – and lack of – industry data standards all the more acute. At Crane, successful integration of disparate data sources is already leading to cost savings by eliminating duplicate work and many errors. are growing too.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode. They are predicting Ocean is going to increase 2-3x from $10,000 to container to over $30,000 per container and that Air freight spot rates and lead times are going to increase 3-4 times.

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The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.

BlueYonder

The entire world is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup , held in Qatar from Nov. million fans will descend on Qatar for this event — which marks the first time an Arab country has hosted the World Cup. 20 through Dec. Over the course of four weeks, 32 teams and over 1.7 With a population of just 2.9

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

This is an exciting milestone that accelerates our vision of a digital platform that modernizes international freight and improves global trade. I assumed, after all, that freight carriers would publish APIs simply because they wanted to fill their vessels efficiently. The official announcement is here. First, some background.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Northern Mariana Islands.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech- June 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

San Francisco -based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory status. Freightos Limited , a global freight booking and payment platform, and Gesher I Acquisition Corp., Freightos Merges With Gesher I SPAC.