Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2021

Nearly a week ago, a cargo ship — which if it stood on its end would be taller than either the Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower — ran aground in the canal completely blocking the waterway. Venturing south around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope adds at least 26 more days.”[3] Journalists Peter S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2024

AJEX customers gain the following advantages: Comprehensive Services: AJEX provides express shipping, freight forwarding, pharma, and cold chain solutions. Key Takeaways: Building a Global Logistics Juggernaut AJEX is a global transportation and logistics company based in Saudi Arabia.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

The storm sank a cargo ship off the coast of Taiwan and grounded several others. Asia and Africa lanes, which may likewise indicate that more capacity is becoming available across networks as a result of easing conditions on the main trade lanes. Some carriers have also started reducing their surcharges for some S.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 25, 2021

A massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal showed no signs of budging for a third day, forcing container carriers and other vessels to weigh costly and time-consuming voyages around Africa that threaten to destabilize the already fragile underpinnings of global trade.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 29, 2024

During a recent storm, 22-foot-swells slammed into the vessel every 15 seconds, cracking the hull and breaking the ship into four pieces.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many Container and Bulk Ships Forced to Sail Around Africa

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West Coast and California Logistics

MAY 23, 2024

According to the JOC , the container shipping market has experienced an unexpected sharp spike in demand, which seems to be an early start to the peak season. This early rush may be driven by shippers' fears of disruptions from labor negotiations on the US East Coast, or due to rerouting services around Africa.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 20, 2022

Prior to starting NYSHEX with the mission to enable more reliable shipping, Gordon spent 12 years with a carrier at Maersk and 3 years with a shipper at SABMiller (now ABInbev). He holds an MBA from Cambridge University in the UK, and degrees in economics and law from the University of Natal in South Africa. About NYSHEX.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

In an interview with Arab News, Prashant Saran, director of operations for Amazon in the Middle East and North Africa region, said that the new facility will provide sellers with more storage options and help them expand their online businesses to new markets. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The world’s oceans have been a vital part of global trade since humans first launched ships from shore. As a result, maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. In this concluding article, I want to discuss how climate change risks are adding to challenges faced by shipping firms and their clients.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

We were expected to stay in our silos and focus on ‘making, packing, shipping’ flawlessly. When I joined the profession 3 decades ago, as a newly minted engineer, supply chain folks were seen as ‘backroom boys’ (yes, there were virtually no women then). But took the blame when supply disruptions affected the business.

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TradeGecko

JULY 28, 2020

From the moment explorers began inching down the coast of Africa during the Age of Exploration, the Cape of Good Hope and the area eventually to become South Africa, has commanded a strategic commercial presence sitting astride the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

As a result Zipline’s business and reach in Africa is expanding. Singapore for example has allowed for delivery to ships in its waters. While delivering medicines, food and spare parts, Skyports electric drones by design also eliminate all of the carbon emissions and much of the danger in ship to ship cargo transfers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. To support digital sales, distribution centers increasingly need to support pick-and-pack, rather than shipping pallets. Conclusion.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Ships have begun diverting from passage through the Suez Canal, instead electing to sail around the west coast of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2024

The Glovis Sun — carrying a couple thousand cars as its cargo — had recently traveled around Southern Africa, before arriving at the Port of Zeebrugge on July 18.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

One point of focus explores how to incentivise the large pharmaceutical manufacturers to make generics and lower-cost items that could then be shipped to where they’re needed. Putting Africa on the Supply Chain Map. Rob: So has there been much progress on that, particularly in Africa? And I thought, what a real tragedy.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. Solving The Cold Chain Challenges.

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

SHIP Staking is Open. They do this by “staking” or “delegating” their SHIP tokens to validators — that is, the users give validators their support by proxying their tokens to their preferred validators. Any SHIP token holder can choose which validators it wishes to support. Europe, Mexico, and Africa.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

MSC Mediterranean Shipping. MSC Acquires Bollore’s Africa Logistics Unit. Closely held Geneva, Switzerland based global ocean container shipping firm MSC Mediterranean Shipping has reportedly agreed to acquire the African transport and logistics business of Bollore SA for a reported 5.7 Panasonic Holdings. billion euros.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. This process involves the receiving, storing, picking, packing, and shipping of orders to customers; in some cases, it includes reverse logistics, and processing returns from customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

Food instability in Africa could be an outcome because Russia and Ukraine supply 29% of worldwide wheat exports and 17% of corn with significant exports to the middle east and Africa. A journey from China to Europe that takes 40 days by ship takes 15 days by rail. However, with the war, this is no longer an option.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

The iWMS team on this project had folks from the US, South Africa, Ceylon, and India participating in team meetings and individual calls. Lori herself got Covid early in the project, which meant initially she was not able to participate in all the Zoom calls.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

There are other risks as well: logistics in these regions (especially Africa and Chile). Another a rticle in the same edition of the Economist s uggests that there are significant bottlenecks in Africa at bridges crossing rivers and other problems such as corruption to gain access to roads.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

This situation has been compounded by the fact that Covid-19 essentially exposed what was already an underperforming process thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Shipping challenges.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America. 2022 was characterized by scarce transportation capacity and exceptionally high shipping container rates in first half of the year. This resulted in more than 3 million vehicles exported in 2022, of which 22% of them were EVs.

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Freightos

MAY 26, 2015

So here are 10,000 words that prove, beyond any doubt, just how vast the global supply chain is: 1: Global ship traffic…from space. The ocean looks like a desolate place, until you see how active global shipping paths are. 2: The Life of a Shipping Container. 4: The Evolution of Global Shipping. 9: UPS Daily.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is done by Logistrap in Mexico, they reduced their space within the warehouses and container ships to transport more within the same number of trips (Logistrap, 2020). Johannesburg, South Africa : Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University Of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retrieved from Triple EFF.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2024

There were concerns regarding the disruption to global shipping transit times because of the continued risks of terrorist attacks on ships navigating the Red Sea , and now having to sail around Africa ’s Cape of Good Hope to reach European or U.S. They did so for multiple reasons. East Coast ports. Regarding the later U.S.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Passages, capes, and straits are defined as geographical areas through which international shipping routes must transit. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. Potential for closure or interruption. Then, a decision was made on the canal's use.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 10, 2017

With over 32 years of industry experience, covering multiple global regions and disciplines across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Africa, Charles is a proven expert in supply chain, international shipping and e-commerce. Check out his responses below.

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20Cube Logistics

APRIL 9, 2020

We are in regular touch with our shipping lines, Govt. We, through our location offices in Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa, China and Dubai including India are sending regular updates that will help our customers globally, make arrangements for their consignments to be delivered to the final destination.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

.” Tech journalist Madeline Bennett ( @MadBennett ) adds, “There is currently a vast amount of resources wasted across the shipping industry due to inefficient and error-prone manual processes.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In just one day (30 November) there were at least 13 articles breaking down what it means for for Serbia , Africa , North East Asia , and the whole world , with a variety of perspectives from the railway , maritime , political affairs , financial , capital and gadget press. SPECIAL FEATURE: FIVE TRENDS TO SHAPE THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 2, 2020

multinational had 14 manufacturing sites in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Each site booked transportation using a carrier-specific terminal and website, which resulted in a multitude of site-specific and carrier-specific shipping systems. Challenge: A U.S.

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