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Unique selling point: Women farmers in Bangladesh find buyers in refugees

World Food Programme Logistics

International Women’s Day: In Cox’s Bazar growers are expanding their customer base to include residents of WFP-backed camps Mithu is one of the farmers benefiting from the World Food Programme’s work with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. such as microloans and national agricultural schemes?—?that

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Harvesting hope in South Sudan

World Food Programme Logistics

Peter is one of a 40-member farmer group in Beremaku One in Yambio, located about 355 km west of South Sudan’s capital, Juba. Despite the best climatic conditions for agriculture in their area, Peter and his colleagues had given-up on commercial farming due to poor road networks, low crop yields and lack of market to sell their produce.

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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

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The key difference between the two can perhaps be explained in the following example: A 3PL provider working with a paint manufacturer may package and store products as well as transport them to retailers and/or customers. According to a study by The Insight Partners , the global 4PL market was valued in terms of revenue at $56,472.1

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BNSF Railway joins blockchain alliance

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BNSF Railway, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, has joined Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) to set technology standards of future. BiTA, which is a group of over 200 freight transportation companies, is involved in the development of blockchain standards for the logistics industry and supply chain sector. LBR Staff Writer.

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Digitalisation: quicker off the blocks

Automotive Logistics

Players inside the blockchain consortium might include, but are not limited to: shippers, manufacturers, forwarders and intermediaries, port authorities, terminal operators, ocean carriers, landside transportation providers, freight forwarders, customs officials, financial institutions and the ultimate consignee in a single transaction.

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Africa awakes

Automotive Logistics

For now, however, exports continue as usual and BMW recently started producing the first X3 vehicles at its Rosslyn plant in Pretoria, sending the first 100 to Europe in May in a move that Tim Abbott, CEO of BMW Group South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, describes as “a big moment for us”. last year, the joint study says.

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Trade tension tariff activity figures to be in effect for more than a while

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After a thorough study, the USTR concluded that China is engaged in numerous unfair policies and practices relating to United States technology and intellectual property – such as forcing United States companies to transfer technology to Chinese counterparts,” he said. Ports, Airports and Global Infrastructure Group. About the Author.