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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

More on Maerskā€™s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. Maersk 2019 Annual Report. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Correspondent Bill Whitaker ( @BillWhitakerCBS ) reported, “Getting the goods from here to store shelves is proving to be a lot more daunting. It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4].

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This Week in Logistics News (November 28 ā€“ December 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Schiphol airport gears up for chilled vaccine cargos. And according to multiple reports, the first doses of the vaccine are on the way to the US as well. As the world prepares for the vaccine, Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands says it is ready. And now on to this weekā€™s logistics news. Well, not exactly.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. For example, goods from Schneider Electric were transported on a Maersk Line container vessel from the Port of Rotterdam to the Port of Newark in a pilot with the Customs Administration of the Netherlands under an EU research project.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Croatia has the highest number of freeports in the EU with Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Sweden having none. In April 2019, prompted by reports of tax evasion and money laundering occurring in freeports, the European Parliament called for their closure across the EU.

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Is The Freight Industry Ready For SOLAS?

Freightos

Looking over the past year, only one third (36%) of FCL freight quotes are saved with a weight.This reporting percentage is consistent by company size as well – the combined percentage for top 20 global forwarders is about the same as for the mid-sized forwarders. But the range balloons out when comparing companies.

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