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MSC and GBRf sign new five-year rail deal

Logistics Business Magazine

GBRf has been a provider of rail services to MSC since 2002. Its knowledge and expertise in supplying locomotives and wagons combined with MSC’s extensive line haulage services enables the two companies to deliver market leading door-to-door services to their customers.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Key Takeaways from This Article: COVID-19 has unveiled the fragility of a global supply chain predicated on lowest-cost principles. Increasing supply chain data visibility is a priority for logistics organizations looking to improve resilience. The COVID-19 crisis has hit the global supply chain from all sides.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

3] While these deployments were small in comparison to East Timor, most of the problems that arose with INTERFET had surfaced in some way during previous ADF deployments to Somalia (1993) and Bougainville (1997-2002) and there was ample opportunity for an appropriate lessons learned process to be applied. Logistic Preparedness.

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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One

Logistics in War

It is in the light of these facts that the commander expects to shape his course during the supervision of the planned action.’ [1]. Supply-chains will be interdicted and used as a point of leverage, denying the capacity of the ADF to scale as effectively as it might. 7] Van Creveld, M., 9] Beaumont, D. 10] Dunbar, R., ‘Is

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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

GlobalTranz

Of course, there are other factors affecting the American push towards reshoring and nearshoring. Overseas supply chains reduce U.S. These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

Thirty-six years ago today marks either one of the greatest marketing blunders or success stories of all-time, depending on how you look at it, of course. While New Coke would linger for quite some time, it was discontinued in 2002, with a limited re-release in 2019. Coca-Cola Classic remains the number one soft drink in the US.

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Still Think Dangerous Goods is Just Paperwork and Labels?

Talking Logistics

The prosecution was brought by [the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority] under the air navigation (dangerous goods) regulations 2002. According to the Outlook report, “88 percent of DG/hazmat professionals believe that keeping DG secure across the entire supply chain is more important than ever.”