Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. Container shipping prices skyrocket.

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Ware2Go

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Offering international shipping in your ecommerce shop can open your business up to a world of opportunity. This straightforward guide defines some commonly used terms and outlines your options to ship cross-border and expand your customer base. For DDP shipments, the seller pays the duties upfront before shipping the item.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. It’s a global problem.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Shipping Lines Warn Red Sea Security Continues to Deteriorate Bloomberg reported last week that the CEO’s of two major shipping lines, which being Maersk and Norden, have both of the view that the security threat level of shipping traversing the Red Sea to and from the Suez Canal has continued to escalate. percent to 4.5

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol. Amazon, A.P.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2021

China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are the top 5 exporters to the USA. The surge in ships arriving from Asia put West Coast ports under stress, which started in November and thus far has continued through into the summer months. The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

This scenario played out for thousands of companies after the Japan earthquake, the Thailand floods and numerous other smaller scale disasters. Inventory management Supply chain risk management IBM Japan Natural disaster Risk management Supply chain Taiwan Thailand' Your heart sinks as you pick up the phone to call your boss….

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This may be a reaction to the ongoing supply chain crisis, which quantum could help relieve through its potential to solve complex optimization problems common in shipping and logistics.” ” It wasn’t long ago that quantum computers existed only in the minds of computer scientists and physicists.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

After running the game 24 times in seven hours, the group found that the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and other allies would likely defeat China and preserve Taiwan’s independence—but at enormous costs. and its allies would win while losing “dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and tens of thousands of servicemembers.”

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Clydebank Declaration on green shipping was unveiled Wednesday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, and signed by 19 nations including the U.S., Japan, France and Germany.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on size—to move ships through the canal.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Prior to that, the British Empire ruled the territory as colonies and protectorates, and Japan occupied the area from 1942 to 1945. It’s merchant marine includes more than 1,700 vessels, including bulk carriers, container ships, general cargo ships and oil tankers. In 1963, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak joined the Federation.

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2020

Laem Chabang, another major seaport, is also a container port, making it easy to ship goods by sea. Manufacturers have many shipping options and can choose the best mode for shipping their products, balancing location, speed and cost. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. billion worth of goods. and Malaysia.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

Japan to subsidize pickup lockers to reduce parcel deliveries (Nikkei Asian Review). Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). Trucking Freight Brokers to Merge Under Private-Equity Deal (WSJ – sub. China’s Cosco in Talks to Buy Orient Overseas (WSJ – sub.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). German shipping banks face $22 billion in losses: Moody’s ( Reuters ). The WSJ also published an article this week highlighting how Sears and many other retailers are ramping up their “ship from store” capabilities.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Collaboration in the “Material Bank® Japan” sample marketplace for order fulfillment of interior design and construction materials. The two companies will introduce 25 Locus AMRs, the first in Japan, to the Material Bank® Japan HUB (Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture) to realize an ESG-friendly and high productivity logistics scheme.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. Import partners were China, Malaysia, the US, Japan and South Korea.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Comparing the pre-pandemic 2018 Production Statistics to the 2021 Production Statistics published by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), although car production has reduced over recent years, China remained the highest car producing country, followed by the United States, Japan and India.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

This acquisition builds on the Panasonic/Blue Yonder strategic relationship, established in January 2019 with a partnership, followed by the creation of a joint venture company in Japan in November 2019. The agreement will help businesses that sell on Adobe’s platform offer free two-day shipping and other services, such as easy returns.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On a regional basis, Europe reportedly remained a principal drag on global factory output, along with contracting output in Japan and the United Kingdom. Sustained Contraction in Japan The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI ® report for November was headlined with a sustained contraction in Japan’s manufacturing sector.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Seoul Central District Court is determining whether to dissolve Hanjin Shipping—a process that usually takes one or two months—but Hanjin’s case may need to be hastened. Just recently, Evergreen Line adopted measures to halt any of its operational involvement with Hanjin Shipping. There is a loss of faith among customers.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards. It raised its prowess from running mere factories to one that offered a complete value chain: from research and development to shipping and fulfillment. In the past, Japanese brands moved their manufacturing operations from high-cost Japan to low-cost countries.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

Logic would say that a visible American tech startup should be staying put in Silicon Valley, cancelling all international commitments with Italy, Japan and other international contacts, and waiting to let the coronavirus situation play-out. I’ll start with Japan. So I took a red-eye flight from New York City to Tokyo.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. In 2023 as well I predict that Japan will put into action efforts to rapidly increase their production capacity for SAF fuels.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

MSC Mediterranean Shipping. Closely held Geneva, Switzerland based global ocean container shipping firm MSC Mediterranean Shipping has reportedly agreed to acquire the African transport and logistics business of Bollore SA for a reported 5.7 Last year, the Japan based company i nvested $7.1 Panasonic Holdings.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

“The earthquakes that impacted southern Taiwan and Japan in the first half of the year, and the bankruptcy declaration of Hanjin Shipping caused considerable disruptions to global supply chains,” said Shahzaib Khan, director of EventWatch at Resilinc. read more.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Especially when considering the growth and trends within the parcel market: Parcel growth is increasing : Parcel shipping volume is predicted to grow two percent (from five to seven percent) through 2018. In 2015, the United States shipped 11.8 While this figure may seem low – it is predicated on a large base figure.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

For example, the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami a few years ago resulted in a massive US$210 billion in costs for Japan. Unable to import or export needed parts, Toyota, GM and Nissan all closed down their facilities temporarily in Japan and the United States. To put it simply, context matters.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Even more concerning is that the death toll has spread outside of mainland China and ships outside of ports in Hong Kong and Japan are being quarantined. . The death toll has reached over 900 and the number of confirmed cases has exceeded more than 40,000.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1 wide fulfillment centers.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. The world’s biggest container ship operators, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and Mediterranean Shipping Co., And now on to this week’s logistics news. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact. Walmart steps up automated store distribution.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2023

Five people who have been rescued are said to be in a stable condition. Six of the dead were Chinese nationals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Japan asks its insurers to retain marine war cover for LNG shippers in Russian waters. Customers will buy five items and return one, but when they package the one item, they use the same box the five items were originally shipped in,” explains Ryan Kelly, vice president of e-commerce and alliance marketing at FedEx.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 22, 2021

Bastille day in France, July 1st in Canada, Diwali in India, the Sumidagawa festival in Japan, Guy Fawkes night in the U.K., Given the source of supply most of the fireworks imported into the United States are shipped across the ocean into California for redistribution throughout the country. Shipping costs have increased dramatically.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

And it brought in foreign investment from Asia (Korea, China, and Japan), Europe, and other parts of the world. But they still ship products into Mexico in full truckloads or full shipping containers. It helped develop skilled workers for the factories and professionals such as engineers and logistics specialists to run them.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Pacific Trade Deal , a freer trade treaty between 12 Pacific Rim countries, including Japan and the U.S, The ramifications of the restructuring of China’s economy, freight innovation, re-shoring, widening the Panama Canal, and the new super-size ships are all covered. Sustainable shipping! looks good news for world trade.

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