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Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy

MTS Logistics

For example, for a small container ship between 0 and 4,000 TEUs, the unloading and loading time is three times higher than the most-efficient port. The main motivation of automation as I gave in the example above is productivity gains and lower handling costs. To give one example of the labor cost on the U.S.

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

Logistics Bureau

I like to quote the following definition of CSR , offered by Chatham House associate fellow, Paul Hohnen. Examples of CSR Programmes. It is always helpful to look at some concrete examples when exploring complex topics. Example #1: Lego. Example #2: Salesforce. Example #3: TOMS. million volunteer hours.

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

However, their carbon reduction goals for their value chain operations for 2030 will not be changed. The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ).

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Why more businesses should reassess the voluntary carbon market

247 Customs Broker

“If your company emits carbon, and you want to negate those emissions, it’s definitely the case that offsets can do that.” For example, the WBCSD is developing its Natural Climate Solutions project to use the voluntary carbon market to direct funding to land-use projects that store carbon.

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No Warehouse Left Behind

Logistics Business Magazine

The global material handling equipment market size is forecasted to reach $350 billion by 2030, driven by AS/RS systems and robotics. While bigger projects are generally more complex, a straight forward pallet project of, for example, 80,000 pallet locations requiring 60 shuttles has a low complexity and fits our profile.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

through 2030 the industry could potentially save an estimated $4 billion+ every year if a 50% eBL adoption was achieved. For example, in the airline industry, everything is digitalized now and this happened because IATA has been defining the. SFR : Ok, it seems like DCSA has definitely been doing a lot of things. Image : DCSA.

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The Secret of Getting Ahead (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The answer to the first question is clear when you consider the following sobering statistics about the industry: According to the McKinsey Global Institute, the world will need to spend $57 trillion on infrastructure by 2030 just to keep up with GDP growth. Getting Started with Digital Transformation.