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Anfac study downgrades port logistics in Spain

Automotive Logistics

The Spanish automotive manufacturers’ association, Anfac, has just released its annual Maritime Port Logistics Grading study, which identifies Santander (pictured), Sagunto and Pasajes ports as currently the best for vehicle processing in Spain. One aspect the study identified as being key was good road access to ports.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

According to CNN Business, the annual turnover rate for drivers hit 95% most recently, and that’s without considering the negative pressure higher pay puts on the willingness to endure four out of five weeks on the road. Could the obvious solution be that curious notion of driverless vehicles? The Curious Case of the Headless Driver.

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4 Main Types of Transportation in Logistics

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You will be able to plan long, medium, or short distance routes and the preparation of delivery routes by choosing the best possible combination of means of transport after studying the Transport and Logistics Training Cycle. You will also be able to carry out import and export operations of goods with the highest level of accuracy.

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Five Keys to Cold Chain Success with Tyler Hildebrand

The Logistics of Logistics

I’m Tyler Hildebrand and I am an account executive at Reliable Transportation Solutions in Cincinnati, OH. Attended college at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota FL, where I studied illustration. Please tell us about your background. Where did you grow up? Go to school? What was your major in college?

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Cargo Chat: BlueGrace Execs Talk Nearshoring

Blue Grace Logistics

Then, for a couple of decades, East Asia, mainly China, took over and presented lower costs … for many of the manufacturing companies. “Nearshoring has the potential to boost the growth of Mexican manufacturing exports to the U.S., “Manufacturing exports currently represent about 40% of Mexico’s $1.3 trillion economy.

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Navigating the Persistent Truck Driver Shortage

Now, That's Logistics

One recent study revealed that nearly 25% of the current commercial driving workforce will become eligible for retirement in the next 10 years, and that 57% of the current drivers are over 45 years of age, according to Transport Dive. In the U.S., the truck driver shortage is causing a lot of headaches for shippers.

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Don’t get caught out in driver shortage

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The survey found that over half of respondents believe this to be a major issue. The results of our survey suggest the road transport sector faces another tough year with a number of continuing challenges that are compounded by the current economic and political uncertainty,” said Paragon Software Systems managing director William Salter. “As