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Medline is the Largest User of the AutoStore Robotics Solution in the World

Logistics Viewpoints

This public company (OSE:AUTO) headquartered in Norway achieved revenues of nearly $650 million in less than 20 years. AutoStore in action at a Medline Distribution Center AutoStore has a lot of buzz surrounding it. The company continued to grow during COVID even as the industry shrank.

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How America's Clean Coal Dream Unravelled

Supply Chain Brain

The $7.5bn Kemper power plant once drew officials from as far as Saudi Arabia, Japan and Norway to marvel at a 21st-century power project so technologically complex its builder compared it to the moonshot of the 1960s. It’s promise? Energy from “clean coal.” “I’m

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

This is not an isolated phenomenon: Norway has been divesting a number of funds of oil and gas investments, especially from high-carbon emission sources like Canadian oil sands. In some areas of Europe and North America, there are already refueling stations in place and consumers can purchase vehicles. The rise of microgrids.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

Major car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen of Norway pulled 14 ships from its fleet and sent half its 2,500-strong workforce home after automakers in Europe and the United States suspended production at assembly plants. Air Freight.

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Shipping Prospects Heat Up in the Arctic

Elementum

Shorter, more direct routes between Asia and ports in Europe and eastern North America would mean faster trips, reduced shipping costs, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions per trip. With approximately 70 percent of the world's trade currently transported via sea lanes, the potential benefits are significant.

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Honk, if You’re Driving Green This Earth Day

Arena Solutions

As more major cities transition to 100% electric fleets, Proterra EVs have become the most popular electric buses on the road in North America. With just one ChargePoint account, you can now charge across North America and Europe. Norway has the highest density of electric vehicles in the world.

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Shipping Prospects Heat Up in the Arctic

Elementum

Shorter, more direct routes between Asia and ports in Europe and eastern North America would mean faster trips, reduced shipping costs, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions per trip. With approximately 70 percent of the world's trade currently transported via sea lanes, the potential benefits are significant.