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Braun and Schicke to head VW’s digital logistics divisions

Automotive Logistics

Matthias Schicke joined Volkswagen in 2002. Matthias Braun will be one of the judges at the inaugural Automotive Logistics Awards – Europe 2018 , being held in June this year ahead of the annual Automotive Logistics Europe conference in Bonn, Germany. He reports to Markus Lange, head of vehicle logistics at the division.

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Gap closing between top three most recognizable 3PLs | Full Stories – Caption as the Content | Full

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The mood at the 3PL association’s annual conference was buoyant based on truckload demand, but concerns about brokers’ digital strategies floated. Calista is intended to be an open and global digital supply chain orchestration platform other port and logistics providers can use. TIA tips: ‘Frothy’ scene good for plugged-in brokers.

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HHLA Aims to Become a Climate Neutral Company by 2040

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“We understand ‘Balanced Logistics’ as finding a balance between economic success, good working conditions, social responsibility and environmental and climate protection,” explained Titzrath at a press conference in Hamburg today. Operations at CTA are now primarily powered by green electricity.

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International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) report ‘significant progress’ on 6-year extension

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The ILA-USMX contract was a prominent discussion topic at the JOC’s recent TPM 2018 conference in Long Beach, California. Timing is especially crucial for BCOs that are in the midst of annual rate-and-service contract negotiations with container lines in the trans-Pacific trades.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Keegan McCready, Sr.

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A stark difference in opinion over truck size and weight remains intact between trucking and rail

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population has nearly doubled in the past 50 years; there are 75 million more vehicles on the road now than in 1960, e-commerce sales are up from $42 billion in 2002 to $291.8 Further adding to its case, AMT wrote that the need for twin-33s is “urgent,” as: the U.S.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

This is an edited adaption of a presentation given at the Australian Defence Force conference ‘Rapid Force Projection’ in April 2019. Logistics transformation – reducing the logistics footprint, Strategy Research Project, US Army War College, USA, 2002, pp 2-3 at [link]. [11] while we’ve got the opportunity to do so.