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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5

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How We Can Leverage Blockchain to Increase Transparency in Supply Chains

EcoVadis

Maersk, a Danish shipping company, is testing blockchain to improve the administrative procedures and efficiency of marine shipping. In their example, shipping one container of flowers from Kenya to Rotterdam involves about 200 documents, from the local mills and export authorities to the port workers, customs agents and distributors.

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

Smartphone use in countries like India and Kenya is growing rapidly as companies like Xiaomi offer more affordable models aimed at users in developing countries. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. Why Developing Economies are Clicking “Buy”.

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Health Supply Chains: Checking in with Deborah Dull

Logistics Bureau

One point of focus explores how to incentivise the large pharmaceutical manufacturers to make generics and lower-cost items that could then be shipped to where they’re needed. Transportation outside of a capital city is typically informal—think, a family with a truck. Kenya is a big exception.

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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

The personal protective equipment (PPE) – shipped by our team of doctors and logisticians in Boston [1] – is destined for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia, which will then distribute supplies to locations at the front lines of the health crisis such as JFK Memorial Hospital in Monrovia. And here is the rub.

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In the crosshairs: Real-time logistics visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

From trade wars and covid-induced interruptions to the more recent pile-up of ships in the Suez Canal, disruption has proven to be the ugly underbelly of today’s globally integrated (just-in-time) supply chains. The past years have brought with them immense challenges for carriers, logistics operators and supply chain managers.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). For example, goods from Schneider Electric were transported on a Maersk Line container vessel from the Port of Rotterdam to the Port of Newark in a pilot with the Customs Administration of the Netherlands under an EU research project.