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Transparency and Overcapacity: Where Freight is Going in 2017

Freightos

What happened in 2016. Take a look at the range in carrier prices for forwarders along one the world’s busiest routes (Shanghai to Long Beach, CA), in a data snapshot from mid-December 2016. Range of Carrier Prices 40’ CNSHA->USLGB, Single Day in December 2016. If one word defined ocean freight in 2016, it was overcapacity.

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Building the Business Case for Supply Chain Risk Management

GlobalTranz

Besides, these risks are much more serious (for example, there were about 134,000 reported cyber-attacks on businesses in 2017 , or almost 50 percent increase from 2016). That’s why the number of respondents in the SCM World’s study who were “very concerned” about IT security has been increasing rapidly in the recent years.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

While studies show that consumers want sustainable products, only 5%-10% will actually pay a price differential for that,” Sheffi says. About 11% of carriers have vehicles that use a fuel other than diesel or biodiesel blends, according to a 2016 survey by ATRI. Then using electric bikes couriers deliver the packages around the city.

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Embracing the New Future of Logistics

Blue Grace Logistics

According to the findings from the “26th Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends (Masters of Logistics)”, more companies are beginning to understand that new business models and new competition in the field are changing customer expectations. and 30.9%, respectively,” says Logistics Management. The Structure of Service.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

26 April 2016 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. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. The History of the Shipping Container. Significance.

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Breaking Down Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Trinity Logistics

In 2016 Google’s AlphaGo AI played a game of Go against world champion Lee Se-dol and won. Creator DeepMind said the machine studied older games and spent a lot of time playing the game, over and over, each time learning from its mistakes and getting better. Shocked, Se-dol said AlphaGo played a “nearly perfect game.”

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

For Maersk, June of 2016 was the breaking point. After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. The September 2016 decision mapped out a clear new direction. The Maersk Shift: Where it started. Starting with Dynamic, Differentiated Service with Maersk Spot.