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The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Air and Ocean Maersk made its first methanol fueled trip to Singapore this year with no doubt a lot more to follow. On top of that, the testing and standards for using ammonia as an alternative fuel is well under way in Singapore. My 2024 predictions for these modes is that ocean shipping transformation will continue.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.

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The Cost of Climate Change on Your Supply Chain

Kinaxis

That means placing higher value on commodities that don’t need to be packed or shipped – things like ideas and great content, and other assets that can easily be transmitted digitally. The number of heat stress days may rise to as high as 364 in Singapore and Malaysia, with Indonesia looking at 355 days and the Philippines 337.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

A businessman, who caught the virus at a conference in Singapore, was linked to several other cases. Technology companies in North America and Europe are especially dependent on contract manufacturing in China and just-in-time shipments. The most heavily impacted industries. Pharmaceuticals. Automobiles.

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Expect Uncertainty for Inbound Shipments into Asia and China

CH Robinson Transportfolio

trade war, and the trade conflict between Japan-Korea all impact today’s shipping market. Robinson’s coverage of these and other disruptions has focused on what it means for companies shipping into North America. In fact, almost all Southeast Asia countries have seen some change: Singapore as the most competitive country.

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The Dispatch Report + Full Product Launch | January 2019, Issue No. 10

Shipchain

Companies that ship temperature controlled goods of any kind. The two largest ports in the world are in Shanghai and Singapore. Beyond 2019, longer-term goals and plans: Granularity – Bulk Shipping or material tracking, down to Parcel Tracking. Companies tired of poor tracking and low visibility.

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Is Your Supply Chain Future-Ready for the New Normal?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As the months continued and the supply chain and shipping industries weathered numerous storms, the maturation of process digitalisation and remote management continued at speed. Mark is the Chief Commercial Officer of TVS Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), Global Forwarding Solutions (GFS) at the Global HQ in Singapore.