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Methanol-fuelled ships “less costly to build and operate”

Logistics Business Magazine

Speaking at a virtual conference last week, Greg Dolan, CEO of the Methanol Institute , a trade body whose shipowner members include Maersk, Stena Bulk, MSC, MOL and Oldendorff Carriers, predicts that methanol production costs will fall to become more competitively priced than traditional diesel bunker and other alternative fuels.

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp.

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

GlobalTranz

Yesterday we spoke about the top motivations and reasons why reshoring in America from offshored facilities has several benefits and what are the statistics of reshoring since 2013. Extensive automation needed to cut production costs requires investment in machinery, and redesigning production lines and/or building configurations.

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Day 3 (Last Day) - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Today was the last day of the conference and Pulse was open only until 4 PM. A very brief meeting with him as Expo Theater was closing and we agreed to do a joint webinar along with him. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013. August 2013. April 2013. March 2013. February 2013.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. By 2013, 90% of global trade is seaborne, shipped in 700 million containers every year. Below, you can also view the history of shipping containers in one infographic. Readers' choice!

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The FarEye Story With Kushal Nahata

The Logistics of Logistics

2013 is when I started FarEye. I started going to events in conferences because I didn’t work anywhere. Kushal, you started this company in 2013 with your partners. Are you guys attending some conferences? We will be there at the Gartner Supply Chain Conference happening in June 2022. What is new over there?