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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

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More than 12 million people are in need of humanitarian aid as a result of the civil war raging in Syria. On September 5, 163 metric tons of relief supplies arrived via air shipments, including 86 tons of high-energy biscuits, 30,000 blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats, and 1,000 solar lanterns.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4 – 10)

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Worst January US Intermodal in 10 years Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Turkey and Syria impacted by the recent earthquakes. Once again warehousing metrics are the primary driver of logistic activity. The port of Iskenderun in the southeast of Turkey was severely damaged by the earthquakes.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

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Some of the robots zip around the hulking facility transporting pallets of merchandise fresh off delivery trucks. The February Transportation Intelligence report from economic forecasting firm FR showed that U.S. Another resembling a giant arm moves the pallets onto conveyor belts. A third group are labelers. That’s all for this week.