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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace. TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. This follows the company’s acquisition of 3PD this past July, another provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. Robinson announced that it has opened a new office in Basel, Switzerland.

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As Europe Rebounds Supply Chain Continues to Shine

MIT Supply Chain

The graduates from the Spanish program tend to stay in Spain, while students from the English program are widely dispersed with about 60% gaining employment in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 25% in North America and Central America, and the rest in Asia. Again, supply chain has a central role to play.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

It then calculates the carbon footprint based on the store’s location and by checking the type, weight, and origin of a food against a database maintained by Eaternity, a life cycle assessment company based in Switzerland. The two are also working on creating the necessary infrastructure to fly the drones safely.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Revenue: $21.054 billion (12 months ending March 31, 2020), $21.231 (2019) Headquarters: Schindellegi, Switzerland CEO: Detlef Trefzger 5. The company has operations in more than 40 countries and specializes in integrating different modes of transport in logistics solutions. Nippon Express owns more than 31.7 Revenue: €17 billion/ $19.42

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Should We Fight Climate Change or Support Free Trade?

Logistics Viewpoints

The WTO puts on the annual event in Davos Switzerland where CEOs from the largest multinationals rub elbows with elite politicians and famous thought leaders. The right way uses carbon tariffs that account for the end-to-end carbon used to manufacture and transport goods around the world. That did not happen.