MTS Logistics

MAY 27, 2022

inventories and consumer behavior, and reconciling them with maritime supply/demand dynamics is getting harder each day. For example, recently Target was forced to write down the value of excess inventory that’s stuck in warehouses. The shipping ecosystem is ever-changing. However, the efforts to slow down inflation in the U.S.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The coming months are going to be a real test of the shipping industry in terms of how it can manage capacity and coordinate to meet the needs of customers. Chinese factories are facing challenges of meeting excessive orders that are way beyond their current capacity. The statistics are startling. Contract Extensions.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2024

For example, tankers that transport LNG around the world for use in multiple applications are forced to take larger routes to the risks of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. With the longer voyage times, it is not feasible to meet demand with less available shipping vessels to transport the LNG shipments.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Despite legitimate fears in the fishing industry over the implementation of Brexit, given the proximity of the port of Boulogne to the British coast, the Individual Support Plan (ISP) will ultimately have had only limited impact on fishing capacity in Boulogne. DFDS finally cancelled this service at the end of the year.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 27, 2024

Each year, the MTS Logistics community and the broader shipping and logistics industry comes together with everyone from businesses, employees, family, and friends biking for a cause. Everyone’s participation has made this annual bike event the largest bike event ever in the shipping and logistics industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

With investors and manufacturers across the globe searching for stable and sustainable business environments, Salalah Free Zone in Oman explains why it has become a favourite destination for investment and industry worldwide. Meanwhile, outstanding maritime transport capabilities are just around the corner, 10 km away from SFZ.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 5, 2020

However there are still several incidents of such cargo misdeclaration including hazardous goods which have caused several maritime disasters. At the tip of the iceberg, for example, there are weekly reports of unitised fires on board ships, and historic average experience of a major ship fire every 60 days has been challenged in 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

This is another example of how businesses are looking to offset rising costs for things such as transportation and fuel. The shift “is a result of Walmart adapting to the significant transformation and increased cost seen in the transportation industry over the past few years.” 1, said the memo. 1, said the memo.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

Why it’s Time for Industry Change. However, as human society evolves, our needs change, and it becomes ineluctable that the transportation industry adapts to meet these new needs. Future delivery vehicles need to take a more practical approach to overcome the challenges in the transportation industry. Renewable Energy.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 3, 2023

Shipping executives and industry leaders alike already know the importance of reducing emissions in the shipping industry and the need for green initiatives, as they look to protect the environment and meet customer demand for cleaner shipping. For example, just this month, large U.S.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, we are seeing incredible increments in the volume of containerized imports from Asia, sometimes touching on double digits. John Janson of SanMar sees an entirely different game than the industry players have been accustomed to so far. Many logistics managers indicate they do not expect a volume reprieve in 2021.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 26, 2020

2019 was quite the year for maritime disasters with ships on fire , containers falling off ships etc. 2020 seems to be hitting the industry in other ways which could also be considered a kind of maritime disaster. This information has been passed on to NSW Maritime.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Demand for chemicals is booming globally due to the recovery in industrial production and is exceeding pre-pandemic levels. With an annual cargo flow of around 15 million tonnes, the UK is the third-largest maritime trading partner for the Port of Antwerp. compared to 2020. Brexit: growth in declining market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Molex LLC offers more than 100,000 products across a variety of industries. Those industries include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics. It is part of Koch Industries. The planners could choose to switch cargo from a slow-moving ship to air, for example.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 13, 2022

Smurfit Kappa is striving to meet customers’ changing demands, and says its new 100% recyclable drinks packaging solution, the Smurfit Kappa Eco-Tube, is a perfect example. It is widely recognised that paper tube packaging, particularly in the drinks industry, offers many benefits such as on-shelf disruption.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 27, 2021

As an industry, it’s imperative for us to learn from this and develop strategies to minimize the impact of similar blockages should they happen in the future. For an example of the negative effects this sort of delay can have, let’s look at perishable deliveries. For example, at C.H.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 15, 2022

Different commodities boosted shipping volumes and the reasons for this dynamic change were discussed on many in the industry. For example, even earlier this year, every importer was scrambling to find container space at premium levels and bring goods into the U.S. at all costs to meet order demand from large retailers and consumers.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 16, 2022

Access to the internet and social connectivity while onboard ships have become a mandatory right for seafarers as per updates to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC). The meeting however failed to reach an agreement on changes to the MLC’s terms on repatriation as demanded by the Seafarers Group. hours, costing them P2,500–3,000.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 17, 2020

Rapid developments in the technological space has brought about several benefits globally to many industries. The world of shipping is no different and in the last decade there has been several advancements in this area although some parts of the industry still remains fragmented and lacking standards in how the business is conducted.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

I was fortunate to be able to attend again this year, and, though I couldn’t sit in on all the sessions or meetings I would’ve liked, here are my key takeaways: Geopolitical challenges, Red Sea especially Geopolitics were, of course, on people’s minds.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Intermodal’s group director, Rob Fisher, commented: “Nothing compares with the power of face-to-face meetings and the opportunity to engage with product demonstrations and industry experts that a ‘live’, in-person event provides. The industry has adapted exceptionally well to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

Additionally, products were stranded at sea on cargo ships due to maritime mobility issues. For example, the U.S. trucking industry is short 80,000 drivers, but many people who lost employment across a range of industries due to COVID-19 are now looking to move into the trucking sector. In the U.S., As the U.S.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2023

For example, after a cargo shipment starts by road, it can continue by sea or air. In general, multimodal transport is a flexible and efficient way of transporting goods and is widely used in the logistics and transportation industry. Some common examples include: 1. Multimodal transport supports various transport systems.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The pandemic is having a devastating impact on the shipping industry and dockworkers in particular. Besides, the logistics industry relies on these twin ports and their failure to operate at full capacity could have long-term effects. Despite opening the appropriate portals, there are still not enough vaccines to meet demand.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

At a meeting on 22nd April 2022, the two cities signed the shareholders’ agreement of the unified port company. Elsewhere, Port of Antwerp-Bruges continues to invest in strategic infrastructure including the Europa Terminal in Antwerp, as well as the New Lock and the Maritime Logistics Zone in Zeebrugge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A notable example of greenwashing is when McDonald’s introduced paper straws to reduce plastic pollution. Located at 4698 Truax Drive SE in southeast Salem, the site will be near other industrial hubs like the Amazon Fulfillment Center. Construction of the 70,000-square-foot facility began last year and is set to open in late 2023.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Meeting these challenges will require a ‘digital first’ approach and put pressure on organisations to start thinking about their supply chains through a ‘regenerative’ lens. On top of that, they’re now competing with new players who have already built supply chains from the bottom up, leapfrogging traditional industry leaders.

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Now, That's Logistics

JUNE 6, 2018

For example, there’s been a marked increase in the volume of transportation of merchandise arriving at Mexican ports for export to the U.S.—an According to Export.gov, this National Infrastructure Program (PNI) is well underway and includes a heavy focus on the construction and modernization of roads, airports, maritime ports, and railways.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

The European shipowners together with MEP Wim Van de Camp yesterday organised a seminar in the European Parliament to discuss the International Maritime Organization (IMO) initial Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy for shipping. . . The shipping industry needed to start the dialogue with the most important stakeholders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

My kids, for example, are always interested in getting their hands on the newest Guinness Book of World Records, and seeing what kind of crazy things are in there. According to the retailer, 85 percent of items in a Walmart Neighborhood Market meet the 10-pound weight and volume requirements for drone delivery.

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ShipLilly

MAY 5, 2021

The rough and often unpredictable conditions of the sea mean that cargo insurance is critical in the shipping industry. The industry has set up a minimum standard under which all shipping lines are required to have insurance for the cargo that they transport. General average is a notion that had evolved from the maritime industry.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is initiating a low sulfur mandate for 2020. As the mandate gets closer, it brings with it significant changes to the container shipping industry. million barrels per day to meet this demand. Low sulfur mandate. Steps carriers have made with VLSFO. What prices reveal.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We know with many examples that any crisis experienced by the world in the past has negatively affected world trade. Russia is projected to remain the world’s largest energy exporter by 2035, meeting approximately 4% of global energy demand. Starting in 2028, the use of natural gas in energy consumption in the U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

AUGUST 17, 2018

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced its targets of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping in half by the year 2050, and to make ships entirely CO2-neutral before 2100. . per cent of sulphur. More than 50,000 oceangoing ships in operation around the world account for no more than 2.2

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Blog on Log

JULY 5, 2006

The Global Institute’s Maritime Logistics Council, launched in China in April, has held its first meeting in North America. He told them that shippers had described the maritime logistics situation as "a black hole". It’s helped us tighten down on loss prevention, for example," he said. "We

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2018

The company was previously called NYKAnji Car Transportation and for the past decade has been providing finished vehicle logistics services in China for domestic carmakers including Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), which owns Anji.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services. Shifting Industry Habits. For example, in a recent email, Maersk clarified that fixed upfront rates could only be consumed through the Spot API.

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