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X-Press Pearl status

Shipping and Freight Resource

“ This is the biggest environmental catastrophe to hit Sri Lanka since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, ” said Thummarukudyil Muraleedharan, the acting head of the disasters and conflicts branch with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

Read if you’re interested in: The growth of express shipping…and how a core group of dedicated founders can tip the scales of success and help grow a killer logistics company. The Innovators: How a group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson ( Link ).

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ALAN Assists in Humanitarian Relief

3PL Insights

One of the organizations currently assisting victims of Hurricane Harvey is the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), which was formed to provide humanitarian relief after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2004.

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Is the Transportation Market Heading into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

Those were just some of the questions I discussed with Mike Finn, VP of Transportation at Kenco Group in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. What impact will the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate have on the market? How should shippers respond? Well, it all depends on how you define unprecedented.

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The Weekly Freight Report for February 4th, 2021

FLS Transport

For the first time since 2004, ships are having to use drift zones where they remain for up to two weeks until anchorages are available. Port officials, trade groups and maritime regulators are calling on the White House for a priority COVID-19 vaccine for industry workers. And it’s only getting worse.

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C4T appoints new CEO

Logistics Business Magazine

Spiegelberg succeeds Pieter Haesaert, who founded C4T together with Ilse Vermeersch as a customs consultancy in 2004 before developing the CAS platform ten years later. Werner Koninckx will represent the founders on the board.