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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

This year, a cascade of online purchases the weekend after Thanksgiving swamped delivery companies,” reported The New York Times in December. Unless, of course, the shared data is crappy, inaccurate data. The post This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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6 Supply Chain Trends from 2017 and their Ongoing Progress

Logistics Bureau

2018 Update: How Did the Trends Progress? The additional “end of year” update sections below were added in early December 2017 and now—in the final quarter of 2018—I have added further updates to Trends #1, #2, and #3, which have each seen some exciting developments. 2018 Update: Warehouse Robotics.

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Managing Air Freight in a Shifting Transportation Environment

Now, That's Logistics

How the international air freight markets fared in 2018 and what’s ahead for the new year. year-over-year in September 2018 – well below the five-year average pace (5.1%) but consistent with the typical pattern seen after past inventory-led upturns, IATA reports. Industry-wide freight ton kilometers (FTK) grew by 2.0%

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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Of course, along with that comes a lot of products that need delivering. Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. None of this is new news, of course. Amazon currently enjoys about 50% of all US e-commerce business.

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Coronavirus and the Trade War: A Perfect Storm Argument for SMB Supply Chain Diversification

Freightos

The US-China trade war is another troubling example of how unexpected disruption can impact global trade and SMBs’ ability to compete. . Tariffs of course have impacted enterprise US businesses in tangible ways including higher costs to purchase imported goods and reductions in US manufacturing.

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Marine Insurance and why your Shipments need it

Dedola Global Logistics

Updated 2/19/2020, originally posted November 2018. Purchasing additional cargo insurance is the best way to protect shipments. Purchasing additional cargo insurance is the best way to protect shipments, as it can cover the full cost of the cargo regardless of carrier liability. Marine Insurance and why your Shipments need it.

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

In particular, create incentives for the purchase and use of medium and heavy-rigid distribution vehicles that use advanced fuel sources [1]. Examples of advanced fuel sources include biodiesel, hydrogen cell, electric-hybrid, ethanol, natural gas and propane. [2]