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UPS announces expansion of LCL ocean service

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Transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said today it has made a significant expansion to its less-than-container load (LCL) ocean service, adding direct sailings in 130 lanes. Today, UPS is one of the world’s top NVOCCs, offering LCL services from virtually any origin and destination in the world. June 7, 2018.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

The ability to operate in emerging domains such as ‘space’ and ‘cyber’, act in the ‘grey zone’, or investments in new technologies from hypersonic weaponry to automation and AI are seen as offsets to potential adversaries.

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E2open to acquire INTTRA

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E2open , one of the industry’s biggest cloud-based providers of networked supply chains, announced the acquisition of INTTRA , a leading ocean shipping network, software and information provider. Today, one out of every four ocean containers shipped globally is booked through the INTTRA platform. Article Topics. All Topics.

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Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In this article, US Army logistician Jessica McCarthy examines a challenging, contemporaneous, issue for many Western militaries – how much contractor support is enough? .

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. Magazine article) as a goliath looking to take on the entrenched "David" shipping industry.

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Executive Moves: Canaveral, Crowley, WCA

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Related Articles. announced Tuesday that David Sullivan has joined the company as vice president of business development and capture management for government services. Sullivan will be based in Jacksonville, Fla., Port Canaveral demolition begins. Delaware strikes preliminary deal with Gulftainer.

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Hire payment in time charters: a condition or not – a legal perspective

Shipping and Freight Resource

In this article we are going to look at some particulars of time charters and, in particular, New York Produce Exchange Form 1993 (NYPE 1993) recommended by BIMCO and FONASBA. Services include providing unique clauses for charter parties, Ship & Crew management, international maritime arbitrations, ship arrest and to litigate disputes.