The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A recent report in AZO Cleantech goes into the detail on how promising research showed aluminum-sulfur battery design has really come along. BBC reported recently on how this was being applied in Finland for storing wind and solar power in a community using 100 tons of low-grade sand and a giant, silo looking storage building.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. In Q1, 2023for example an expanded Neste Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) refinery will be coming online in Singapore. Air and Ocean Infrastructure.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In this subsequent Part 2 of the report, we summarize the efforts required to bring such initiatives to life. As per reports, other UN organisations like the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are expected to join the task force as partners. Defining the Roadmap for FY2022.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. He was also in charge of carbon management and accounting and CSR reporting. Photo Credit: Changi Airport Group.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Calculating and Reporting Carbon Emissions. Reporting your emissions is nearly always done based on whether or not the company is making progress in cutting emissions or not. In order to do that they will always report emissions as a percentage improvement verses a baseline. Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 12, 2021

After reading and studying a handful of sustainability reports, I am happy to say that I believe we are still moving toward a more sustainable future. As air cargo rates reduce, indicating a return of freight capacity, but could this also signal a massive carbon emission increase? I think not!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

In April 2022, Singapore and Palau joined the initiative taking the total to 24 country signatories. We saw the first Green Corridor MOU between the ports of Los Angeles and Shanghai; other ports followed with agreements, including Gothenburg and Rotterdam, Gothenburg and Gent, Hamburg and Halifax, and Rotterdam and Singapore.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Tim worked in management positions at multiple MNCs for more than 25 years, gaining a wide knowledge and expertise in logistics operations, Tim has crafted delivery solutions for many e-commerce clients and managed the supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies. Safer and Faster: Singapore’s Known Consignor Regime.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

A case in point is Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, which reported carbon credit sales of $518 million in the first quarter of 2021, with the majority of purchases coming from other automakers! You could play the important role of selling carbon credits to companies that need to mitigate their emissions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

The WSJ reports that Walmart has installed machines that churn out custom boxes at 12 of its fulfillment centers, and plans to add the technology to more facilities. However, China and Singapore’ growth was the lowest among far east countries exporting to the US. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Escalating freight rates and severe capacity crunch. Air freight rates have sky-rocketed to 7-10 times higher during Covid-19. These new air freight rates will come down but will remain at a significantly higher percentage to pre-Covid-19 rates. This effect is caused by a loss in global air freight capacities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. The Supply Chain Function The argument for having the global trade department report to the supply chain function is threefold.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In a recent scientific report published in Natureportfolio, researchers in Australia showed that just over one in ten fish packages sold to customers in Australia are likely displaying the wrong fish species. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 5, 2016

In 2011, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and PSA Singapore Terminals, operating one of the world’s largest container transhipment ports, pumped in S$50 million each towards R&D in port technologies. Can I say that my prophecy means the end of Singapore PSA as the largest container transshipment hub in the world?

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Feightos Goes Public in SPAC Deal Cloud based freight booking and payments tech provider Freightos began trading as a public company in late January via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company Gesher I Acquisition. The Wall Street Journal report cites a statement from Freightos Chairman CEO , Zvi Schrieber, indicating that “.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. You would call up the freight forwarders, and they would send an Excel spreadsheet” that contained all the shipments for Molex in the coming days or weeks. And changes to the ETA are often reported much more quickly by Nexus than by logistics partners.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ikea’s Singapore operations called it a “global transport crisis” and estimates 850 of its 8,500 products are affected by shipment delays. Compared with last March’s low prices, freight rates from China to the U.S. The shortage is further exacerbated by limited air freight capacity. KEY POINTS. rates are up 145% year over year.

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TransAudit

MAY 16, 2022

How Long Has the Freight Audit Company Been In Business? The company’s ability to remain in business usually speaks to its proven ability to audit freight bills and recover lost profits. This is key because technology is the starting point for any freight bill or accounts payable recovery audit.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Rumors are circling that the company is planning a launch in Singapore in early 2017.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to Gartner Gartner 2020 report, logistics is not seen as a long-term career and seems like a less attractive career option. A recent report by Gartner showed that next generations value companies with high corporate social responsibility profile. Is your freight invoice accurate? MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

Faster service, great capacity usage and direct connectivity with freight companies means better access to service providers. Companies like GoGoVan or EasyVan in Singapore are leading the charge. Freight Marketplaces : Cargomatic is a prime example of the rebirth of freight marketplaces. ZDnet , @talk19 ]. Let us know!

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As of Friday, September 2, 45 of its ships remain adrift at different ports in China, Japan, Singapore, and India, and other countries—they’ve been denied access by operators who fear that the company might be unable to pay docking fees. Rahul Kapoor, Director at Maritime Consultancy Drewry Financial Research Services. Global Disruption.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. Weekly/Monthly.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. As reported by Reuters , the company will invest “$2-$2.5 Descartes reported record revenues of $185.0

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Since Hanjin Shipping Company of South Korea filed for bankruptcy protection last week, the WSJ reports that dozens of ships carrying more than half a million cargo containers have been denied access to ports around the world, as there are doubts as to who will pay the docking fees, container-storage, and unloading bills.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 22, 2016

These futuristic driverless pods will run on Singapore’s roads by end of the year ( Mashable ). Manhattan Associates Reports Record First Quarter 2016 Performance. Radial’s scalable fulfillment and freight services enable orders to be fulfilled faster and delivered where and when desired while optimizing costs.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Shipping freight across the world is a complex matter. But what is even more complicated is freight billing and handling freight payments: what a cargo owner is initially quoted is often different from what he later is asked to pay. A 2021 Cargo Owners and freight forwarders survey, confirms this. Lack of trust.

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Shipchain

JANUARY 23, 2019

Dear Community, If you care about our company and/or the freight and logistics industry (which we really hope you do!), Our community of passionate freight and logistics leaders is the backbone of our company – and the reason why we are so excited about this news. The two largest ports in the world are in Shanghai and Singapore.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

An indication for this belief is the level of fundraising reached by digital players like Flock Freight, a trucking platform and project44, a supply chain visibility platform, which reached US$113.5 In a survey by the Institute for Supply Management released March 10, 2020, almost 75% of companies reported supply disruption due to Covid-19.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% Simply put, the countries in the TPP (which includes Canada, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, and six other Asian countries) account for 40 percent of U.S. WTO overcomes last minute hitch to reach its first global trade deal ( Reuters ). XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire NLM. in October from September.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. and Singapore. What suppliers need help with cost (LEAN, labor, freight,…)? We want to help. Our first step was to define the leaders.

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TransAudit

JUNE 22, 2022

Even if you do not currently ship cargo or freight to this area, it can be extremely beneficial to have a service provider who has the functionality and experience of auditing shipments. When it comes to auditable points, there are a vast array of variables that should be considered to perform a viable parcel or freight audit.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 21, 2019

The South China Morning Post reports that China’s annual GDP growth has already fallen 6.2% Unfortunately, moving factories west also creates extra expenses for inland freight as well as added transit time from the port terminal. Bloomberg states that Singapore has the world’s best airport. With growth only at 0.1% Turn to C.H.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Past estimates from Mumbai-Calcutta have been as high as a seven-fold delay for freight as compared to a passenger vehicle. In the short term, however, companies are scrambling to find expertise and adjust their IT systems to prepare the complex and multiple reporting requirements dictated by the new tax system. to 2% of GDP.

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CHAINalytics

MARCH 24, 2016

Transport Topics reports oil prices have plummeted 45 percent over the past year. gallon and the cost for diesel fuel based on Singapore benchmark (Gasoil)–the […]. Meanwhile, U.S. diesel prices are hovering around $USD 1.70/gallon The post Who Wins and Who Loses in Australia’s Fuel Shell Game?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. Customers in Singapore will also benefit from increased European inbound capacity. According to The McCown Report, imports to the top 10 US ports rose 5.9 And now on to this week’s logistics news. percent year on year to 2.16

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