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Types of MEWPs: The Complete Guide

Conger

MEWPs are now classified according to Group and Type. There are Group A and Group B MEWPs, as well as Types 1, 2, and 3. There are now two main ways to classify MEWPs: By group. MEWP Classification By Group. A MEWP’s group is determined by its platform location with regard to the tipping line. Why exactly?

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The Definition of Transparency

Blue Grace Logistics

Many, if not all, companies are facing increasing pressure from governments, consumers, non-profit / activist groups, and stakeholders to provide more information about their supply chain. One of the most straightforward benefits is that increased transparency means keeping in compliance with the new regulations that are being enforced.

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Still Think Dangerous Goods is Just Paperwork and Labels?

Talking Logistics

This includes how they must be classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented – as well as the dangerous goods training which must be completed by the people packing and sending them. And to make matters worse, CEOs and other high-level executives don’t fully appreciate the strategic importance and value of dangerous goods compliance.

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How Freight Forwarders Benefit Businesses and Personal Shippers

ShipLilly

For example, a recent survey of 100 randomly selected people showed that many are not conversant with shipping industry terminologies, let alone the services. Hence, it is not surprising that early analysis indicates that 8 out of every 10 participants in the survey had never heard of the term “freight forwarding.”

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Trusting the market will stay afloat

Automotive Logistics

Some of the main concerns expressed by ports surveyed by Automotive Logistics include finding more storage and handling capacity, especially given the growth that some of the bigger car handling ports are seeing, and at times when there are sudden spikes in volumes. . Where to put it all . Last year, GBA handled 1.8m

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Global Logistics: Trade taking shippers for a ride

247 Customs Broker

According to Burnson, it’s hardly surprising that “technol­ogy innovation” and “disruption” were singled out in UK-based Transport Intelligence’s (Ti) collection of surveys as two of the most important trends around the globe, especially in the freight-forwarding sectors—and for good reason. Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director.

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Responding to Disruptive Delivery Models and Rising Ecommerce in Asia-Pacific

247 Customs Broker

In the last 12 months, we saw the arrival of e-commerce giant Amazon in APAC , as well as Alibaba doubling its investment to $4 billion in the Singapore-headquartered regional e-commerce firm Lazada Group, as it rivals Amazon in its move to expand aggressively in the region. Compliance to U.S.