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What’s On Tap for Ocean Shipping in 2023?

Now, That's Logistics

According to WSJ , the container ship backup off of California’s coast—which drove much of the supply chain congestion experienced during the pandemic—effectively disappeared. This may present challenges for carriers as they try to absorb all of the new vessels just as demand is waning and freight rates are receding.

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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The tool is available as a free global standard for humanitarian organisations and enables up-to-the minute tracking of food, non-food items, in-kind and cash donations, as well as financial information about goods in the supply chain. The TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award will also be presented at the reception.

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New Managing Director for Dachser UK

Logistics Business Magazine

” Nick is very happy to have overseen the expansion of Dachser’s UK business since 2001. “Irrespective of the prevailing trade, economic and political contexts we may be faced with, we will continue to support and add value to our customers’ supply chains. Mark Rollinson sums up Dachser’s outlook for the future.

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The Unique Needs of the Consumer Goods Sector

Blue Grace Logistics

The transport of consumer goods presents unique logistical challenges. Ninety percent of Fortune 500 companies operating in the US sought out help from a third party logistics provider in 2017 (up from 46% in 2001). . Real disposable personal income is up, albeit slowly, by 1.8 percent.” .

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

Logistics in War

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based.

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Consumer confidence continues to be strong in retail sector

247 Customs Broker

As the 2018 Retail Supply Chain Conference concludes this week in Phoenix, leading industry indicators point to continued consumer confidence. He added that the gain in confidence was driven by improvement in consumers’ views of both the present situation and expectations. . By Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor ·.

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RSL deploys inVia’s autonomous warehouse robotics technology at Las Vegas facility

247 Customs Broker

RSL CEO Michael Manzione said: “For RSL and our broad array of clients, inVia Robotics presents an exciting opportunity to scale demand, manage costs and improve inventory accuracy utilizing a RaaS model. The company supports e-commerce companies to enhance their fulfillment and streamline supply chain processes.