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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

India has again demonstrated the highest level of PMI growth and the report authors point to Greece, Indonesia, Russia and Brazil as demonstrating stronger rates of expansion. Business sentiment has reportedly remained close to a nine-month high with noted added optimism in the intermediate and investment goods industry sectors.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13)

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degrees Fahrenheit, in Greece on July 10, 1977. And now on this week’s logistics news. And in the last piece of Amazon-related logistics news, the company’s drone delivery dream may be in jeopardy. The post This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. The sheer size of the country’s “One Belt, One Road” logistics initiative, for instance, calls into question the true objective of the regional infrastructure plan. Like the country itself, China’s ambitions are massive.

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The Dispatch Report + Pilot Updates | Decemeber 2018, Issue No. 9

Shipchain

Our business development & leadership teams have been all over the world, attending major blockchain conferences and hosting a suite of events specific to shipping and logistics. In Dusseldorf, Germany, we attended ETF 3PL, one of the largest conferences dedicated to freight and logistics. Tech Updates.

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The Dispatch Report + Pilot Updates | December 2018, Issue No. 9

Shipchain

Our business development & leadership teams have been all over the world, attending major blockchain conferences and hosting a suite of events specific to shipping and logistics. In Dusseldorf, Germany, we attended ETF 3PL, one of the largest conferences dedicated to freight and logistics. Tech Updates.

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World Shipping Body Toughens Their Emissions Targets

Logistics Viewpoints

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted tougher greenhouse gas emission targets for the global shipping industry on Friday. The IMO is a United Nations agency responsible for creating a regulatory framework for the global shipping industry. The member states have agreed to tougher standards. The new pledge is squishy.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. percentage points from the previous month, and noted as an indication that the market demand of the manufacturing industry continued to increase. PMI value in February, the eighth consecutive month of contraction reporting.