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Understanding container weight misdeclaration

Shipping and Freight Resource

In the supply chain disruption medley caused by COVID-19, many may have forgotten the issues faced by the industry (and the environment) due to overweight containers and various weight misdeclarations. January 2006: P & O Nedlloyd Genoa: Overweight containers contributed to this incident. “ Few examples below.

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Top 5 Free Online Resources for Freight Brokers

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Even the freight transportation industry can't avoid this problem. Equally useful for industry beginners and experienced freight carriers, this e-book provides insight and a detailed step-by-step layout of what you need to do before you can open your doors for business. Let's get started.

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The world’s most important freight port

Now, That's Logistics

Now managed by the Shanghai International Port Group, the port’s transshipment volume tripled in just a few short years, going from 186 million metric ton in 1999 to 537 million metric tons in 2006. This move was enough for it to take the crown of the world’s most important sea port from Singapore in 2006. million TEUs).

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How Do Freight Brokers Find Great Work-Life Balance?

GlobalTranz

It’s an idea praised and discussed in countless articles , meetings, and studies. Start by choosing the right industry. With new technology firmly on their side, and freight broker bonds ensuring high industry standards, today’s freight brokers are showing the rest of us how it’s done. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

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Is bigger always better – Economies of scale and gigantism in shipping

Shipping and Freight Resource

In the pursuit of environmental sustainability, digitalization, operational and commercial efficiency, and collaborative practices the containerized fleet and the industries commercial practices have been radically modified over a significantly short period of time. This begs the question is bigger always better and what alternatives exist?

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Nationally, the health care and technology industries have been especially hard hit by the staffing deficits.

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Operation Warden, logistics and what happened next – the final part to ‘Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999’

Logistics in War

By David Beaumont This article, and the series which follows, are an updated version of a presentation given at the Australian National University titled ‘ Logistics preparedness and mobilising the national support base: the effectiveness of ADF strategic logistics prior to Operation Warden 1999 ‘.