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The Weekly Freight Report for February 4th, 2021

FLS Transport

For the first time since 2004, ships are having to use drift zones where they remain for up to two weeks until anchorages are available. Port officials, trade groups and maritime regulators are calling on the White House for a priority COVID-19 vaccine for industry workers. And it’s only getting worse.

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X-Press Pearl status

Shipping and Freight Resource

“ This is the biggest environmental catastrophe to hit Sri Lanka since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, ” said Thummarukudyil Muraleedharan, the acting head of the disasters and conflicts branch with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Is the Transportation Market Heading into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

Those were just some of the questions I discussed with Mike Finn, VP of Transportation at Kenco Group in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. What impact will the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate have on the market? How should shippers respond? Well, it all depends on how you define unprecedented.

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Top 10 Brands Millennials, Gen Z Trust

Material Handling and Logistics

A study by Wharton Business School found that this group is mainly interested in supporting brands that are ethical, caring and strive to do the right thing. And here are the top 10 brands of these two groups combined. . Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID.

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ISM reports that manufacturing output is off to a strong start in 2018

247 Customs Broker

which stands as the highest reading going back to December 2004’s 66.3, New orders in January were the second highest number since December 2004, when it was at 66.3,” said Tim Fiore, chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, “and January’s 67.4 Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. to a still-strong 65.4,

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ISM reports growth in March manufacturing, despite decline in index

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recorded in May 2004. In an interview, Tim Fiore, chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, said that despite the sequential declines, manufacturing remains in a good place. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. What’s more, March’s PMI reading comes on the heels of February’s 60.8, And the March reading is 1.1%

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Manufacturing maintains momentum in February, says ISM

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recorded in May 2004. Tim Fiore, chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, said in an interview that even though there have been slight declines for new orders over the last three months, the numbers are still strong. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. The February PMI is 2.8% in February. About the Author.