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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

While companies continue to take steps to fight counterfeit goods, it is becoming increasingly harder to keep counterfeits off secondary markets (and you’ll see more of that in the news roundup). And now on to this week’s logistics news. Inventories at U.S. So, wish me luck in securing authentic University Blue Jordan IVs.

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Alexander Graham Bell and the Evolution of Communications

QAD

During his funeral, every phone in North America was silenced for one minute to pay tribute to him. Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973, from midtown Manhattan to Bell Labs in New Jersey, saying something along the lines of “I’m just calling to see if it sounds good on your end.”.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4 The index that tracks ocean container movement from Asia to Western Europe increased to 116 days, reportedly a new record. US Logistics Index.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The strength of DSV Panalpina is the strong network of trucking in Europe, North America and South Africa. They have operations in North America and Europe. million square feet of dry storage space in North America. billion (2019) Headquarters: Camden, New Jersey, USA CEO: Sid Brown 23.

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An Interview with Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Ten years ago, when travelling in New Jersey, I drove by where the plant used to operate and broke down in tears seeing that the production was now all offshore. Moser: The goal of the Reshoring Initiative is to bring good, well-paying jobs back to the United States and all of North America.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” The logistics provider has already deployed 3,000 AMRs globally with over 2,000 in North America.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Moller – Maersk is turning to flying drones to manage inventory counts in its warehouse network, the Danish firm said. GW of energy to create a reaction in the flux capacitor to send Marty McFly back to the year 1985. Maritime containership giant A.P.