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CMA CGM finalizes purchase of Containerships | Full Stories – Caption as the Content | Full

247 Customs Broker

By Kim Link-Wills | Wednesday, October 31, 2018. The CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of Containerships. The Group announced that it had reached an agreement with Containerships in June. The European Commission authorized the transaction Oct. The European Commission authorized the transaction Oct.

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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award will also be presented at the reception. In 2002, he founded a company to transfer his inventions in the field of predictive analytics from science to business. In 2008, managers from the Otto Group and Feindt founded the software company Blue Yonder. Feindt is Leader of the Year.

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DHL Global Forwarding honored as top customer

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Lufthansa Cargo has presented the “Planet Award of Excellence” for the 2017 business year. Lufthansa Cargo presented the “Planet Award of Excellence” to DHL Global Forwarding in Frankfurt, Hesse, on Thursday. The award was presented to Tobias Meyer, COO DHL Global Forwarding. “We We are very pleased to receive this award again.

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House approves Air Cargo Security Improvement Act

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must review the TSA’s screening processes and procedures for examining air cargo entering the United States and assess its risk-based strategy for examining such cargo, and the bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide statutory authority for the air cargo advance screening program.

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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. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). Source: Google. Where is Descartes today?

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Some reading suggestions, while you wait in the airport!

Blog on Log

“The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books, 2002) Publisher’s Blurb: “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” and consequently make better-informed decisions.

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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. In my keynote presentation at the conference, I made the case that DG professionals need to adopt a broader and more strategic answer to “What business are you in?” Watch the video to find out!