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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Turkey also has 24,082 km of paved roads, so transportation by truck is easy. Transportation of goods by rail is also feasible, with 12,710 km of railroad track within Turkey. Its primary export partners were Germany, the UK, the UAE, Iraq, the US, Italy, France and Spain. In 2017, Turkey exported $155.2 billion in goods.

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Transportation against the clock. In Sorcerer (1977), drivers are tasked with transporting creates of explosive nitroglycerin through the South American jungle in two old trucks. Transport can be dangerous. From Memphis, America, to Nikolia in Russia in eighty seven hours. Eighty seven hours is a shameful outrage.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The oil and gas industry impacts freight transportation in four significant areas: Diesel Prices. So why does this matter for supply chain professionals? A quiet, but powerful story across supply chains this year has been the stability of fuel prices despite geopolitical turmoil.

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Turkey Earthquake: Key Industries, Exports, and Sites Impacted

Resilinc

In total 15 countries were affected including Syria (which also declared a state of emergency), Cyprus, Lebanon, Jourdan, Palestine, Egypt, Southern Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.

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The Supply Chain Impacts of the Russian Attack on the Ukraine

NC State SCRC

Here are just a few issues that occur when a major country like Russia instigates a war against another country. Few people realized that Russia supplies over 40 per cent of the world’s supply of palladium and Ukraine produces 70 per cent of the global supply of neon. from Russia are limited. Biden is even talking to Venezuela!

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. More than 1.14

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