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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remains of the Ottoman Empire, and it adopted many social, legal and political reforms. Since its founding, Turkey has dealt with instability and military coups, although each time, the country returns to democracy. Manufacturing in Turkey. Turkey’s workforce consists of 31.3

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Three former SpaceX engineers have founded Parallel Systems , a firm specializing in autonomous battery-powered electric rail vehicles for shipping and freight. The ongoing freight backups at maritime ports is disrupting global supply chains. Well, the avian flu looks like it is back.

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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

As Niall van de Wouw, Chief Air Freight Officer at Xeneta, told Supply Chain Dive, “We are six weeks away from Christmas, and there is no indication there will be a peak.”. Tough Times for Turkeys Cause Thanksgiving Price Hike. Managing Freight & Parcel Spend is No Holiday Walk in the Park. Roughly 2.5%

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For instance, there is a geothermal energy generation project in the Salavatli region of southwest Turkey that generates energy for the electricity grid and thereby replaces energy generated by fossil fuels. Another way to reach carbon neutrality is to lower the amount of carbon emitted by investing in alternative energy solutions.

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Market Monitor of Turkish domestic logistics market

Supply Chain Movement

The heydays of 2009 to 2011 may be over but Turkey is still a very attractive market for European manufacturers. Although exports are increasing, Turkey remains a net importing country specifically for energy, high tech, industrial and consumer goods. The oil price fluctuations are heavily impacting logistics costs in Turkey.

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Minnesota turkeys are stuffing outbound trucks

DAT Solutions

The Land of a Thousand Lakes is also the number-one state for turkey production, by a wide margin. So it's no big surprise that the Minneapolis market area was also the land of a thousand loads (per day) in the first half of November, as fresh turkeys got stuffed into temp-controlled trailers during the run-up to Thanksgiving.

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Tectonic shifts

Supply Chain Movement

The New Silk Road rail route through Russia is off limits and freight is now being diverted via Turkey, resulting in reduced capacity. Whether because of government sanctions or voluntary business decisions by high-profile multinationals, Russia has been almost entirely ostracized as a sales market for companies in the West.

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