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LHoF presents new humanitarian award

Logistics Business Magazine

Starting in 2023, the Logistics Hall of Fame will present a new international award: the Lynn C. An Expert Council of recognised specialists in the field of humanitarian logistics decides which of the submitted applications will be presented to the jury members for selection. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics.

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Is the Transportation Market Heading into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. 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. How should shippers respond?

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The Transportation Revolution: Takeaways from CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference

Talking Logistics

In short, Chrencik’s outlook is similar to what many industry analysts and economists are saying at the moment: another transportation perfect storm is forming, similar or perhaps worse than what the industry experienced in 2004, so you better start preparing today if you want to weather it successfully. be a “Shipper of Choice”).

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Logistics Unleashed: Unveiling the Most Pivotal Events that Shaped its Development

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The Silk Road acted as a catalyst for logistics, shaping the concepts of inventory management, transport planning, and risk mitigation. The invention of steam-powered engines and the mechanization of factories revolutionized production and transportation. Containerization standardized the way goods were packed, transported, and stored.

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DHL Celebrates Return of Formula 1

Logistics Business Magazine

The tight scheduling involved in triple headers presents a particular challenge for logistics, but thanks to decades of experience, DHL is well equipped to meet this challenge. “We DHL has been active in Formula 1 for over 35 years, and official logistics partner since 2004.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

Shipping and Freight Resource

Pure AN is stable and will stop decomposing once the heat source is removed, but when catalysts are present, the reaction can become self-sustaining (known as self-sustaining decomposition, or SSD). Date:March 9, 2004. Date:May 24, 2004. ti at 4:57 AM on May 24, 2004. Date:April 22, 2004. Country: Spain.

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GebrĂĽder Weiss Announce Wolfram Senger-Weiss as Successor to Wolfgang Niessner

Logistics Manager

Austrian transport and logistics company GebrĂĽder Weiss recently announced that Wolfgang Niessner will retire from his post of CEO at the end of the year. In 2004, GebrĂĽder Weiss had a turnover of 700 million euros, but today that figure is 1.55 Mr. Wolfgang Niessner. Its locations have increased in number from 102 to 150.