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The Cost of Disaster

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million residents in Puerto Rico for more than three months, cost $90 billion, while Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history, left 97 people dead and recorded losses of $50 billion. Hurricane Maria, which knocked out all power supply for 3.4

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How the Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Face of Natural Disasters

Material Handling & Logistics

In a similar fashion, when Puerto Rico was struck by Hurricane Maria last year, the supply chain of two of the island’s most important industries—pharmaceuticals and medical devices—ground to a complete halt. How then can your business protect itself from the risks of such overwhelming supply chain disruptions?

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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Transport network disruption. Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, drug manufacturing plants were faced with production delays, fueling nationwide shortages of basic medicines. Potential Sources of Disruption. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Weather event.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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Transport network disruption. Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, drug manufacturing plants were faced with production delays, fueling nationwide shortages of basic medicines. Potential Sources of Disruption. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Weather event.

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The Tesla Semi Truck Will Change Freight

Freightos

Diverting resources to fix Model 3 bottlenecks & increase battery production for Puerto Rico & other affected areas. It’s tangible evidence of Elon Musk, the brains behind PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, and more, transportation infrastructure play, with the power to disrupt both domestic trucking and international freight.

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How to Figure Out Cost of Freight To …

Freight Center

While different modes of road transport will have differing rates—whether you decide to ship less-than-truckload (LTL), partial truckload (PTL), or full truckload (FTL)—some factors that affect freight costs overlap. Rates will differ from road, rail , ocean , and air transport. Puerto Rico. Fuel surcharges. California.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). In other transportation-related news, UPS announced that UPS Ground, Air and International, and Air Freight rates within and between the U.S., UPS Sets 2014 Rates.