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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

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Singapore’s Status a Global Hub. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines. With such dramatic reductions in flights, Singapore’s status of a logistics hub was put severely at risk. However Singapore has managed to preserve it position as a global trade hub. Keeping Supply Chains Moving.

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Doing Business in Singapore

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The Malaysian island of Singapore was originally known as Temasek (“Sea Town”) after the first settlers found it in AD 1298-1299. In 1819, the British East India Company established a trading settlement on the island, which set modern Singapore into motion. Singapore’s landmass is only 719 sq. Manufacturing in Singapore.

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Is your freight invoice accurate? A new study claims it might not be.

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Shipping freight across the world is a complex matter. But what is even more complicated is freight billing and handling freight payments: what a cargo owner is initially quoted is often different from what he later is asked to pay. A 2021 Cargo Owners and freight forwarders survey, confirms this. Lack of trust.

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Current State of International Transportation Industry – LogiSYM October/November 2020

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Our vision at TRAMES, is to reduce global trade barriers through digitalizing international freight and transportation. TRAMES is all about International Freight Orchestration (IFO). a) Across the various actors in any single transport chain. c) Digital Freight Forwarders. What TRAMES Aims to Tackle.

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Unlike in Glasgow, there was no dedicated transport day, nor a transport pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh.

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The Green Corridor: To Realise the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In one example, Crust Group in Singapore provides a Southeast Asian example of a cross industry “circular economy” partnership. Everyday there is stale bread thrown out by bakeries all over Singapore. In my compost example, I save on buying fertilizer (along with all the processing, packaging and transportation associated with it).

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Plan for greater success: What experts said at Quintiq World Tour Singapore 2015

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At the Singapore stop of the Quintiq World Tour this year, our panel of industry influencers delved into these topics and more. Charlie Macdonald (Industry Executive for Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, Telstra): We’re on this journey of transformation towards customer centricity. And what can Amazon learn from Rakuten?