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LOST AT SEA: Protecting Your Shipments with Marine Insurance

Trans Global Auto Logistics

Cargo ship ONE Apus loses more than 1,800 containers in Pacific storm.”. So, what causes cargo to go overboard? Severe weather and rough seas to more catastrophic and rare events like ship groundings, structural failures, and collisions can result in containers being lost at sea,” a report from the World Shipping Council reads.

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Milestone: Freightos Celebrates One Million Transactions!

Freightos

This is particularly true on the air cargo side… but certainly not limited to air. even though events lead to capacity and pricing changing dramatically in real-time. Q: Why do you think it took so long for the cargo to catch up to the digital world? Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale.

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How Good is Your Logistics Service Provider?

Logistics Viewpoints

Other sub-groups of LSCMS include LogiSYM, a leading event platform in the Asia region for the dissemination and sharing of trends and best practices in logistics, and the CargoNOW industry news website and magazine. And of course, an LSP judged to execute poorly and deliver low value service is clearly not satisfying its shipper client.

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Port of Los Angeles Reports Near-record Level Cargo Volumes in 2019

Logistics Manager

The Port of Los Angeles moved near-record cargo in 2019 with a total of 9,337,632 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), just short of the second-best year in its 113-year history. It’s time for the courage and long-range vision to imagine what this Port will look like in the years ahead and set a course in that direction.

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Logistics Unleashed: Unveiling the Most Pivotal Events that Shaped its Development

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In this captivating article, we delve into the annals of history to explore the most important events that paved the way for the extraordinary development of logistics as we know it today. This breakthrough led to significant improvements in cargo handling, reduced labor costs, and faster turnaround times.

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Why This Year’s Contract Negotiation Season is Different for Transpacific Eastbound Traffic

MTS Logistics

Of course, each contract is different but usually, this has been the norm for the greater population. Then the tables turned, and the importers who have regular cargo shipments had the upper hand. Carriers’ Commitment to Contracts Importers realized that contracts matter, but can be renegotiated in the event of a major event.

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Air Cargo Demand Down 3.3% in January 2020

Airfreight Logistics

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in cargo tonne kilometers (CTKs), decreased by 3.3% January marked the tenth consecutive month of year-on-year declines in cargo volumes. The air cargo industry started the year on a weak footing.

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