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World Shipping Council report on containers lost at sea identifies several active safety improvement initiatives

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While the disasters of 2013 (MOL Comfort), 2020 (ONE Apus) and 2021 (Maersk Essen/X-Press Pearl) were the worst in recent times, across the period of 2008-2021 the WSC estimates that there were on average a total of 1,629 containers lost at sea each year. Discrepancy in container stacking strength.

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Analysis: Why the Biden Administration is Not Being Honest About Supply Chain Issues

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In politics, it can of course be necessary at times to portray events as relatively simple in order to reach a wider audience. However, when the speech and the underlying fact sheet is studied more closely, it unfortunately contains a range of misconceptions about how the shipping industry works.

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Creating a Green Marine Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Plus, extreme weather events and changing storm patterns challenge seafaring vessels. To see these regulations through, the IMO is aiming to reduce total annual greenhouse emissions by 2050 by at least 50% compared to 2008 [4]. Apart from the environmental consequences of sea and air pollution, they also affect global trade.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Ceiling year of a study of 22 industrialised countries (Uni. The study also isolates the impact of bilateral free-trade agreements and GATT membership. Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929).

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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. It was our job to teach our continuous improvement people how to do that coaching and assisting – beyond just running kaizen events that implement tools. Kent Bowen. The path for every product is simple and direct.

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School meals: an invaluable investment for next generation

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Read below an account of the key moments surrounding the signatory event organised at the Michaela primary school in Bujumbura, Burundi. But thanks to the guarantee of a hot school meal Aristide is happy to be back to school and says he wants to do medical studies to become a doctor.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 0

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Case Studies. |. News & Events. |. Though I have attended all Pulse events since its inception in 2008 (last year I gave it a miss), it still looks new every year. Also, the horizon of the event is increasing every year, which makes it more exciting. This year, 7000+ people are scheduled to attend this event.