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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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Freeport East Gets UK Government Approval

Logistics Business Magazine

Freeport East has received final Government approvals today (Tuesday 10th January), allowing it to move forward into the delivery phase. The development of the Freeport, which might create up to 13,500 new jobs, will be boosted by £25 million in Government funding to support infrastructure enhancement.

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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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3 Ways the U.S. Government Plans to Reform the Food Supply Chain

MTS Logistics

government has announced that it is taking actions to reform the food supply chain. government aims to help. ” Of course, everyone has experienced some type of supply chain disruption over the past two and a half years since Covid arrived – the food supply chain was no exception. Now, the U.S. Today, the U.S.

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The U.S. vaccine mandate on truck drivers should end

Truck News

It didn’t take long for their messages to degenerate into anti-government tirades and conspiracy theories about Covid-19, of course. A year has come and gone since ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters converged on Ottawa streets, in what was initially framed as a fight against vaccine mandates for border-crossing truck drivers.

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If There’s a Manufacturing Skills Gap, How Do We Close It? 4 Ways to Combat the Gap

GlobalTranz

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills should be more heavily included into the educational courses of today’s students. Specifically, more manufacturers should offer training courses focused on STEM education to workers in lower-paying, less-intense positions. Implement Sustainable Manufacturing Practices.

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Why DEF is the trucking acronym that gets my blood boiling

Truck News

DEF, of course, stands for diesel exhaust fluid. Unfortunately, North American governments have been “DEF” to the problems it […]. I don’t think there is a more hated acronym in all of trucking. DOT even pales in comparison. Would you rather a CRA audit, or DEF issues? Alex, I’ll take CRA audits for $1,000 please.”