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Understanding container weight misdeclaration

Shipping and Freight Resource

This plate has several key details including allowed maximum gross weight as per below example. Using the above plate as an example, a container that has been loaded more than the allowed weight – in this case, 32,500 kgs including the tare weight of the container, will be considered as OVERWEIGHT. Few examples below.

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Vessel Accidents Have Increased, Are You Prepared?

CH Robinson Logistics

Compared to the 1,382 containers on average lost per year between 2008-2019 as reported by The World Shipping Council, that’s a big jump. In these situations, vessels undergo a synchronous and parametric rolling, which often causes vessels to tip at angles that displace higher stacked containers. What’s the reason for it?

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Understanding The Need For A Stronger Supply Chain

Blue Grace Logistics

The meat shortage in the United States is a perfect example of this. Back in 2008, during the recession, the U.S. Take the pharmaceutical industry, for example. Reshoring wouldn’t necessarily mean resiliency either. The industry’s supply chain is entirely domestic. There is a precedent for such involvement, however.

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How Cleaning Professionals Can Leverage Airbnb to Earn More Revenue

WorkWave

Airbnb was founded in 2008 in San Francisco. Learn more about training your staff in our article 7 Tips for Training New Maids and House Cleaning Employees. Time To Read: 4 minutes. The founders wanted to change the way that people thought about travel, and they achieved that with incredible success.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

I figured, we pepper in some tips on transportation management, but if we also offer value to manufacturers, they would turn to us as the experts. Unfortunately, the passion began to fall through when the oldest millennials entered the workforce in 2007 and saw a huge economic collapse in 2008. Economic Instability.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready For Weather Disruptions?

Blue Grace Logistics

For example, according to reports , the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan had caused grave damage to infrastructure and manufacturing facilities in the country. Wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, storms, and floods can interrupt regular operations for a long time in the country that they happen in.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

There were 10% fewer manufacturers in 2011 than in 2008—a record low since 1977, when the Census Bureau started collecting Business Dynamics data. However, there are a million fewer manufacturing jobs than in 2008. For example, Apple cannot launch iPhone production in the U.S. And, the labor force was 35% smaller in those days.