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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

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Singapore’s Status a Global Hub. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines. With such dramatic reductions in flights, Singapore’s status of a logistics hub was put severely at risk. However Singapore has managed to preserve it position as a global trade hub. Keeping Supply Chains Moving.

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The Green Corridor: The Circular Journey

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The Red Lion 2 facility of DB Schenker Singapore demonstrates how with current technology a facility for storage and work can also be a power generation facility. Packaging for consumer products is the most customer-facing marketing tool that we have. Singapore for instance only really recycled 6% of the plastic collected in 2022.

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The Green Corridor – Optimal Tech for Green Logistics – Making Emissions Visible

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It takes committed upper management to invest in the tools that can measure what is happening so that this greater efficiency can be realized. The ability to do any of this generally means having the tools – and that takes data. I recently toured the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC) in Singapore.

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX)

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). The underlying premise dates back further, even for freight. By 1985, the Baltic Exchange published its first daily dry bulk freight index. A New Freight Index. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos. The Age of the Index.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

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IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. Source: 2021 FUTURE ENTERPRISE RESILIENCY & SPENDING- Wave 9, September 2021.

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Carbon Mitigation Actions; For The Planet, And for the Pocket

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As a consumer, I expect when I invest in an appliance or a tool, it will keep working for a reasonably long time to bring a return. Tim volunteers his free-time with the Singapore Wildcat Action Group, a not-for-profit organization that raises awareness and funds for wildlife conservation. Geo thermal Power Station in Iceland.

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Green Corridor: Pace and Resolve Needed to Help Reach Sustainability Goals

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As air cargo rates reduce, indicating a return of freight capacity, but could this also signal a massive carbon emission increase? Even though sustainability is much talked about and often used as a marketing tool, a zero carbon footprint is far from being a universal goal. The pandemic has also taught companies to do more with less.