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This Week in Logistics News (June 22 – 28)

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The company said it took a $157 million impairment charge for permanently deactivating the 757 cargo jets along with seven engines. By the end of September, FedEx will no longer be the primary air cargo provider for the U.S. Postal Service after UPS recently won the five-year contract.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. It fixed a glaring business problem in the industry – a tacit understanding that container liners would charge extra, on top of existing fees, if they had a container they could ship for more (rolled cargo). As long as you know which 75 to 80% is, you can provide a guarantee on that.

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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

GlobalTranz

Although dozens of conferences exist around the globe, warehouse managers should consider going to one of the best supply chain conferences of 2019 (plus MODEX, which is held in even-numbered years and occurs in 2020). Manhattan Exchange (Cost TBD) Dates: October 7 – 9, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

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. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. One goal, two different motivations.

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FedEx Partners for Visibility, New CEO Focuses on Quality

Intelligent Audit

as “DB Schenker announced in January that it purchased two transport companies in Spain as part of a plan to build out its European network.”. In a continued effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, UPS has chosen to test out an electric cargo bicycle within crowded urban cities. Transpacific Container Rates In Turmoil.

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What Are the 5 Biggest Supply Chain Issues Today?

Stord

In fact, Brazil, Spain, and Japan saw the largest increases in online sales during the COVID pandemic. That resulted in bottlenecks, such as the record backlogs at the port of Los Angeles, where container ships waited for weeks to offload cargo. Companies are even “hoarding” warehouse space to prepare for the future.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months. There are more than 450,000 such warehouses nationwide, with nearly 16.4 million U.S.