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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Source: James B. These designations refer to how governments classified companies during the disruptions and drove lost capacities.

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Shipping Prospects Heat Up in the Arctic

Elementum

With approximately 70 percent of the world's trade currently transported via sea lanes, the potential benefits are significant. Many of these claims overlap with one another due to differing interpretations of the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), the statute governing such maritime disputes.

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Shipping Prospects Heat Up in the Arctic

Elementum

With approximately 70 percent of the world's trade currently transported via sea lanes, the potential benefits are significant. Many of these claims overlap with one another due to differing interpretations of the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), the statute governing such maritime disputes.