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Logistics, The Real Super Bowl MVP

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According to the 2023 Super Bowl survey , 192.9 According to the 2023 Super Bowl survey , 192.9 This event takes a lot of planning and preparation to effectively come together, including behind-the-scenes logistics. But that’s not all that fans like to munch on while watching this event. million U.S. million U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. Last year’s negotiations took place as dozens of container ships were backed up off the coast of California waiting to unload cargo.

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Coronavirus and the Trade War: A Perfect Storm Argument for SMB Supply Chain Diversification

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As airlines canceled flights, and ports contended with no cargo to ship and no workers to operate, air cargo and ocean freight have been disrupted, with ocean carriers losing millions each week. The longer the shutdown continues, the more even global players like Apple will suffer from delayed production and delivery. .

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Ocean Carrier Trends: Containing capacity while remaining poised for growth

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and Sparx Logistic to chart its own blockchain course by introducing paperless documentation. As we usher in 2019, many industry analysts are telling logistics managers to begin planning for a major transformational event coming into play for the ocean cargo sector a year from now. Compliance to U.S.

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Freight Forwarding: Keeping shippers top of mind

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Improved internal processes are, of course, helpful, but today’s competitive landscape is being redrawn by forwarders which are putting shippers’ needs first. Among the report’s key findings was that forwarders that quote manually took 57 hours on average—an improvement on previous surveys, but still 20th century performance.

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Logistics Technology and Startup Roundup: Q1 2016

Freightos

Freightos recently concluded a survey of over 90 senior logistics professionals, including VPs and senior board members from 19 of the top 20 freight forwarding companies in the world. A British aviation service company ordered 12 Lockheed-Martin blimps , each capable of carrying 47,000 pounds (20% of a 747’s cargo capacity).

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

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Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5 On the heels of last week’s announcement of the launch of Prime Lite in India, the company is continuing to focus its attention in the region.