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This Week in Logistics News (July 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ongoing attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis continue to disrupt shipping lanes in the chemical industry’s supply chain, according to Al Greenwood, chemicals expert and deputy editor at ICIS. shipping containers and stacking them up to six high. instead of midday across Australia.

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How Air Freight Ships Temperature-Controlled Goods

20Cube Logistics

If you are shipping goods via international air freight, you also must consider customs clearance. Furthermore, when packing your perishable goods, ensure you can maintain the correct temperature throughout the entire shipping process. Explore Your Options for Air Freight in Australia. Perishable Goods and Customs Clearance.

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Fuel Prices & Freight Forwarding Shipping Rates: Understanding the Relation

20Cube Logistics

While 20Cube , a freight forwarder in Australia, goes above and beyond to streamline logistics processes and help customers save money, fuel prices are set by macroeconomic supply and demand forces beyond the control of any one industry actor. Fuel is the backbone of the shipping industry, so when fuel prices increase, shipping costs do too.

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Driving Sustainable Supply Chain Change

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Stephanie has more than 20 years’ experience in manufacturing and supply chain, with a diverse background that complements her years in academia and professional development consulting in multiple countries such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE and Hong Kong among others. PhD (in progress) from the University of Wollongong, Australia.

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Livestock Ship Stranded at Sea for Weeks Returns to Australia

Supply Chain Brain

The ship remained at sea for several weeks awaiting a decision from Australia as to whether or not the livestock could be offloaded due to biosecurity risks, officials said.

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How Road Freight Technologies Are Reshaping Maritime Shipping Practices

NC State SCRC

Maritime shipping has long been the backbone of international trade, facilitating the transport of goods across oceans and connecting distant markets. However, the efficiency of maritime shipping has always been—and continues to be—dependent on interdependent variables. million-strong fleet into smart containers.

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Container ships to soon ‘sea’ low-carbon investments

Resilinc

Container ships are the backbone of world trade. According to Statista, the world’s merchant container ship fleet grew from 11 million metric tons (mt) of deadweight tonnage (a measure of a vessel’s weight-carrying capacity) to 275 million mt in 2020—a 2500% increase.