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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2023 ; Clint Reiser Welcome 2023! in December 2021.

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Global Trade and Shipping Activity Bouncing Back, Creating New Challenges Post-COVID

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According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global trade has already rebounded and surpassed pre-pandemic levels. By the fifth quarter (Q1 2021) global trade had already surpassed levels recorded before the pandemic (Q4 2019). In March 2021, U.S. In the U.S., household income rose by 21.1%

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Shipping Industry News

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In 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that worldwide maritime trade was expected to drop by over 4 percent due to the pandemic. Thankfully, those losses didn’t materialize due to the accelerated distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine starting in 2021. Shipping Industry News: The Bad.

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Rising COVID Infections Threaten to Further Strain the Supply Chain

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) said this regarding freight pricing: “Cargo volumes and demand for maritime transport services are usually the first to be hit by political, environmental and economic turmoil. In China, Shanghai and Yantian ports are experiencing increased congestion. All the while, U.S.

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How To Be Inclusive in 4 Not-So-Easy Steps

Blue Grace Logistics

Actionable advice from 2021 Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. Oct 29, 2021. One of the most common trends among WIT’s Top 100 companies was the establishment of employee resource groups (ERGs), often employee-led voluntary committees that represent a specific group of individuals. FreightWaves.

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Shipping Industry News

Trans Global Auto Logistics

In 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that worldwide maritime trade was expected to drop by over 4 percent due to the pandemic. Thankfully, those losses didn’t materialize due to the accelerated distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine starting in 2021.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

The 1997 Defence Efficiency Review (DER) , a review now commonly associated with an over-ambitious efficiency agenda which led to near disastrous levels of logistics hollowness in an ADF on the cusp of twenty years of continuous operations, was a catalyst which brought a conceptual trend to reality. 6] Beaumont, D. 15] Hellyer, M.