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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. As a first of its kind agreement in the US, FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. Amazon workers in Staten Island vote to unionize.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

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Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Primarily focused on Supply Chain, Warehousing, Logistics, S&OP and Inventory Management.

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December 6, 2023 Update

Freightos

Judah Levine December 6, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) were level at $1,620/FEU.

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November 28, 2023 Update

Freightos

Judah Levine November 28, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,613/FEU.

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December 13, 2023 Update

Freightos

Judah Levine December 13, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 1% to $1,603/FEU.

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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

Marine Attacks in the Red Sea Shipping Lane In mid-November 2023, Houthis in Yemen threatened to attack Israel affiliated vessels sailing in the Red Sea as a show of support for Hamas during the Israel – Hamas war. OOCL is the only carrier to announce they will suspend service to and from Israel in response.

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Ways to help manage the chemical supply in disruption.

o9 Solutions

The imbalance in logistics, the costs…the most important thing is to switch in the mindset…we need to reinvent ourselves to this new reality. . In Israel [an idea] we borrowed from the army is to validate quick decisions. As such, there’s never been a greater need to find ways to manage the chemical supply chain through disruption. .