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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. The most obvious impact was the disruption of traffic and transportation.

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Investment in Romania Boosts European Trade

Logistics Business Magazine

A further €50 million will be invested in a new multi-transport platform in Constanta that will open in 2025. DP World’s third new facility opening today is in Aiud, in the industrial heartland of Romania, which is now home to a new 8-hectares ‘intermodal’ logistics hub connecting rail and road, following a €21 million investment.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The military organisation – perhaps even government and industry – will rapidly try to respond to rapidly growing military requirements.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

Shipping and Freight Resource

The examples are Kriewald , Morgan , Oppau , Tessenderlo , and Traskwood. Explosion at BASF plant Oppau : Another attempt at disaggregation of a fertilizer mix with industrial explosives caused the death of 561 people and left more than 2,000 injured. Date:March 9, 2004. Date:September 21, 1921. Country: Germany.

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Disaster Management & Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

With the development of communication, transportation systems, the demand is increasing and diversifying constantly. Terror attacks, Industrial Accidents. However, the most difficult to prevent and avoid are Rapid onset natural disasters, such as the gigantic Tsunami of 2004, in Japan, that caused many deaths. Recovery Phase.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Nationally, the health care and technology industries have been especially hard hit by the staffing deficits.

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Marketing Small Business Tips: 6 Tips to Improve Your Small Business 

GoShip Blog

These reviews help you assess possible areas of improvement to keep your business thriving in the highly saturated eCommerce industry. billion monthly users , Facebook remains the biggest social media platform since its launch in 2004. Facebook: With more than 2.38

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