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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The survey of more than 500 global logistics executives is part of the 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, an annual snapshot of industry sentiment and ranking of the world’s 50 leading emerging markets by size, infrastructure, transport connections and business climate. . Qatar jumps two spots to No. 2 for business conditions.

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The move to rail: a look at China-Europe supply chains

Resilinc

It’s worth mentioning that the rail operator—Xi’an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., CNN also notes the vast capacity advantages of container ships over trains: while the largest ships can haul about 20,000 containers, trains are generally limited to several hundred.

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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

According to The World Economic Forum (WEF), China hopes that the numerous transportation projects that fall under the new Silk Road umbrella will increase the value of the country’s cross-border trade by $2.5 trillion within a decade. To capture benefits like these, shippers need to be opportunistic.

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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

According to The World Economic Forum (WEF), China hopes that the numerous transportation projects that fall under the new Silk Road umbrella will increase the value of the country’s cross-border trade by $2.5 trillion within a decade. To capture benefits like these, shippers need to be opportunistic.

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The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in Madrid

Global Trade Management

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the Abroñigal freight terminal in Madrid. The railway has been dubbed the “21st-century Silk Road” by Li Qiang, the governor of Zhejiang province, where Yiwu is located. A major advantage of the rail route is speed.

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DP World and Kazakhstan officials discuss New Silk Road

Logistics Middle East

DP World seeks to cut transport times of good between Asia and Europe as part of New Silk Road initiative'

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Kazakhstan in Tit for Tat Spat Over Russia Sanctions. After a June forum in St Petersburg, at which the president of Kazakhstan refused to recognise the independence of Ukrainian breakaway states Luhansk and Donetsk, Russia took steps to obstruct oil exports from Kazakhstan to Europe. increase in wages. increase in wages.