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Mexico conference: Uncertainty well-balanced with optimism

Automotive Logistics

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector. vehicles were exported last year, up 12% on 2016.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target Chief Operating Officer John Mulligan said on an earnings conference call Wednesday that the overstocking that weighed on the company last year was “in the rearview mirror” and that the retailer was turning toward getting fresh merchandise into stores for the fall.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. The first batch of containers was accepted in May 2016, with the final batch coming off the assembly line in June 2016, well ahead of the contracted delivery date.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. April 26, 2016 (today) marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy.

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Trucks to attention

Automotive Logistics

In April 2016, a fleet of trucks – some of which had driven almost 2,000km – arrived in the Dutch port of Maasvlakte and made modest headlines around the world. The key thing is that regulators appear to be broadly supportive, seeing the obvious benefits that platooning can confer.” . The reason?

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Smart Lagos: Status, prospects and opportunities

247 Customs Broker

Lagos-based Andela trains programmers and facilitates their placement with software companies around the world. Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, stopped by in August 2016. The state government has also started training its staff to align them with its smart city vision. Lagos Innovates’.

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Navigating an uncertain future

Automotive Logistics

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports. The move to develop an existing rail facility and 5.25-acre