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3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services with Jeremy Thone

The Logistics of Logistics

To provide maximum trading flexibility they are usually geared and modern examples are fitted for the carriage of containers and grains. Breakbulk cargo or general cargo is a term that covers a great variety of goods that must be loaded individually, and not in intermodal containers nor in bulk as with oil or grain.

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Understanding container weight misdeclaration

Shipping and Freight Resource

In the supply chain disruption medley caused by COVID-19, many may have forgotten the issues faced by the industry (and the environment) due to overweight containers and various weight misdeclarations. This plate has several key details including allowed maximum gross weight as per below example. Few examples below.

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Swissport Equips Cargo Warehouses with Bluetooth Sensors Kicking off Global ULD Tracking

Airfreight Logistics

Swissport will work with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor Unit Load Devices (ULD) using Bluetooth technology at its cargo warehouses. Another such example are self-service cargo kiosks which enable truck-drivers to skip counter queues and manual paperwork processing.

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DHL Global Forwarding Combats Covid-19 with Charter Flights and Trains

Airfreight Logistics

For example, for the past week, we have been transporting around 100,000 COVID test tubes a day from China to Germany and the Czech Republic for a customer specializing in medical accessories. We’re also still transporting everyday industrial goods and products,” he continues.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

4] The ongoing conflict in Ukraine, too, has brought national industrial mobilisation to the fore in terms of Ukraine responses to Russian aggression, but also in the context of European, US and other logistics support to Ukraine. The unit load ammunition containers (ULAC) are an essential support component of the Australian Army?s

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ASRS Warehouse Systems: Everything You Need to Know

Conger

There are two main types of ASRS systems: Unit-load. Unit-Load ASRS. Unit-load ASRS systems are designed to handle large and heavy pallets and cases, with weights ranging from 1,000 to 5,500 lbs. Unit-load ASRS systems handle heavy loads like pallets. Mini-Load ASRS.

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AMRs vs. AGVs: The Differences Explained

Conger

The main types of AGVs include carts, tuggers, forklifts, unit-load, and heavy haul. For example, warehouses may use AGVs to move inbound materials to storage or retrieve storage items needed to replenish stock. One thing that unites all AGVs is that they’re all wheeled vehicles. Unit-Load AGVs. Heavy-haul.