Sun.Sep 20, 2020

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Chaos at port of Felixstowe – carriers refuse return of empty boxes

Supply Chain and Logistics

It’s typical of IT projects to ber late or never get finished. Here we seem to have an example that is severely impacting everyone else in the supply chain. Here at Felixstowe, you can’t return empty containers.

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Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods

Supply Chain Brain

With the holidays approaching, Amazon is consumed with honoring a pre-pandemic pledge to get products to Prime subscribers on the same day.

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Maersk joins CP Rail inland with new transload facility

Supply Chain and Logistics

Maersk is in the forefront of expanding their supply chain control into the hinterland. The Port of Vancouver is in a very closed in space, a bit like San Francisco, with little room to expand facilities.

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Jet Fuel Is Now So Cheap It’s Being Blended for Use by Ships

Supply Chain Brain

The fuel that powers passenger planes is normally among the most expensive oil products, but in a sign of the times the coronavirus has turned it into a blending component for typically cheaper shipping fuel.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Maersk Expands in Ivory Coast

Logistics Manager

Maersk has announced a new storage, deconsolidation, and distribution multipurpose facility in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Maersk says that this facility is strategically located outside the city, around the industrial zone, with easy access to the port with options to bypass the city’s traffic congestion. The facility is equipped to support various industries from Retail, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Technology.