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The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

The Logistics of Logistics

Byron is the Founder and CEO of Zergratran , an innovative and sustainable high-capacity transportation company that is building the world’s first tunnel to expedite shipping goods between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. Zergratran’s first project is Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) in northern Colombia.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

Each year around 700 million TEUs are shipped across the world keeping global trade and businesses running and more than eighty percent of global goods trade volumes are carried by sea, with about a sixth of that volume in shipping containers. Transshipment rollovers in South America declined by 3% from 46% to 43% year-on-year.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America. 2022 was characterized by scarce transportation capacity and exceptionally high shipping container rates in first half of the year. This resulted in more than 3 million vehicles exported in 2022, of which 22% of them were EVs.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub. Robinson’s TMC Division Enters South American Marketplace. With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. Kinsey added that human error is a factor in most shipping accidents.

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

We examine the benefits and obstacles to e-commerce in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. . $1.672 trillion online this year—about 7.3% Why Developing Economies are Clicking “Buy”. Infrastructure.

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