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Difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain

Shipping and Freight Resource

To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain and Trade. Shipping Business = the act of carriage of cargo from point A to point using the ships which falls under the Maritime industry.

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Global Compliance and Regulatory Changes in International Shipping

TransAudit

Key Regulatory Areas Several key regulatory areas impact global shipping and transportation: Customs Compliance: Businesses must ensure that all shipping documentation, including bills of lading, commercial invoices, and certificates of origin, is accurate and complete. Security protocols also continue to evolve.

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Bill of Lading Types: How to Avoid the Detention and Demurrage Due to Documentation

MTS Logistics

In shipping, documentation, freight insurance, terminal problems, and trucking shortages are just a few of the problems we face today. But the biggest issue to address in the documentation category is the bill of lading (BL). There are two standard types of BLs, an express and original.

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Industry bodies call for digitalisation to be accelerated in maritime sector

Shipping and Freight Resource

It is understood that the policy document will be submitted to the IMO as a proposal for further discussion and dissemination. The full statement about the need for digitalisation in the maritime sector to be accelerated can be downloaded here.

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Key industry bodies in Shipping, Freight, Maritime, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Trade

Shipping and Freight Resource

The world of ocean shipping, freight, maritime, logistics, supply chain, and trade is a complex world with stakeholders having to navigate a quagmire (always wanted to use this word in a sentence ) of processes, documents, regulations, and standards.

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INTTRA urges industry-led standards for containers and logistics

Supply Chain and Logistics

Lee Hong Liang has written an interesting article about the call for standards in maritime documentation. The desires of maritime operators to work as local optimizers has hurt … Continue reading → To my view, it’s no doubt needed badly, and has been for years.

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What is Ocean Freight?

Logistics Bureau

From a supply chain perspective, the documentation side can be arduos. In times to panic, you can see container rates shoot up from around $2,000 to over $20,000 on some routes, and this is when most people learn just how crucial ocean freight is to our global economy.

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