Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Suez Canal News Update The Suez Canal is a crucial lane for global shipping, with 50-60 vessels of all types transiting each day for about 19,000 per year, including about 30% of global container traffic and more than a million barrels of crude oil per day. Live map of Suez Canal and Red Sea, Dec.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

trade war, and the trade conflict between Japan-Korea all impact today’s shipping market. Robinson’s coverage of these and other disruptions has focused on what it means for companies shipping into North America. Geopolitical uncertainties such as Brexit, the China-U.S. A lot of C.H.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

2024 Typhoon Season has Caused Billions in Agricultural Losses This year’s typhoon season has been particularly disruptive, severely affecting port operations and shipping across the western Pacific, with significant storms such as Gaemi, Ampil, Shanshan, Yagi, and Bebinka impacting Taiwan, China, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Collaboration in the “Material Bank® Japan” sample marketplace for order fulfillment of interior design and construction materials. The two companies will introduce 25 Locus AMRs, the first in Japan, to the Material Bank® Japan HUB (Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture) to realize an ESG-friendly and high productivity logistics scheme.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). German shipping banks face $22 billion in losses: Moody’s ( Reuters ). The WSJ also published an article this week highlighting how Sears and many other retailers are ramping up their “ship from store” capabilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. As part of its connected geo strategy, FourKites has expanded its operations to Japan, as it sees the country as an important link in the global supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This may be a reaction to the ongoing supply chain crisis, which quantum could help relieve through its potential to solve complex optimization problems common in shipping and logistics.” ” It wasn’t long ago that quantum computers existed only in the minds of computer scientists and physicists.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

This acquisition builds on the Panasonic/Blue Yonder strategic relationship, established in January 2019 with a partnership, followed by the creation of a joint venture company in Japan in November 2019. The agreement will help businesses that sell on Adobe’s platform offer free two-day shipping and other services, such as easy returns.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol. Amazon, A.P.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. It’s a global problem.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pre pandemic we were importing the majority of our inventory from East Asia, in particular China and Japan. Lesson #5: From Shipping to Stocking, Process Matters. We increased our lead times using air freight and dealt with delays through prior shipping agreements with our suppliers.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Shipping networks may experience delays and disruptions, potentially exacerbated by cost-cutting measures within the logistics sector. Technology plays a crucial role herereal-time inventory tracking across warehouses, shipping routes, and even supplier locations enhances decision-making and reduces costly inefficiencies.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. Import partners were China, Malaysia, the US, Japan and South Korea.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. Across twenty additional countries, Amazon’s other centers are predominantly focused on fulfillment and delivery stations while some countries, like Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, and Japan also have Prime delivery facilities. Amazon Fulfillment.

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2020

Laem Chabang, another major seaport, is also a container port, making it easy to ship goods by sea. Manufacturers have many shipping options and can choose the best mode for shipping their products, balancing location, speed and cost. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. billion worth of goods. and Malaysia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

In prestige beauty and nutritional supplements, the cost to ship the product is minuscule. For example, people want prestige beauty from the US, Europe or Japan. This is a very different mix of inputs than the garment industry where labor would be a major driver. The product is light, compact, and high value.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It is bordered by North Korea, the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. It was occupied by Japan in 1905 and did not regain its independence until 1945. As of 2019, it has 1,880 vessels, of which 83 are bulk carriers, 86 are container ships, 368 are general cargo ships, and 187 are oil tankers. With a workforce of 27.75

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Shipchain

JANUARY 23, 2019

Companies that ship temperature controlled goods of any kind. We recently wrapped on a launch event in Tokyo, Japan with the majority of our team. Matt Campbell, Loom’s CEO, recently spoke to our team at our Japan launch event about their technology and why their platform is a perfect fit with ours. But that’s not all.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Famous Pacific Shipping Group ). Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global).

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

To put this in perspective, Australia’s second-largest trading partner is Japan, which accounts for 9.7 The effects include: Severe disruption to shipping, with many Chinese ports operating at drastically reduced capacity and around 200 sailings cancelled. Japan, $14.376 billion – partner share 13.16 Japan, $18.8

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 12, 2018

When most people think of supply chain risk, they often think about the impact of major unforeseen “headline grabbing” events - like the tsunami in Japan impacting automotive supply chains or horse meat making its way into British beef supplies. These are big, important and often unpredictable risks.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Especially when considering the growth and trends within the parcel market: Parcel growth is increasing : Parcel shipping volume is predicted to grow two percent (from five to seven percent) through 2018. In 2015, the United States shipped 11.8 While this figure may seem low – it is predicated on a large base figure.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2016

“If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Toyota temporarily shut two factories in the aftermath.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Seoul Central District Court is determining whether to dissolve Hanjin Shipping—a process that usually takes one or two months—but Hanjin’s case may need to be hastened. Just recently, Evergreen Line adopted measures to halt any of its operational involvement with Hanjin Shipping. There is a loss of faith among customers.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

Buy online, ship direct to consumer, return to brick and mortar store. Buy via mobile, ship to a third party location (like work or a hotel). The current categorization of G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA) won’t be applicable. Buy online, pickup in store, return via postal service. Global purchasing power.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

Japan to subsidize pickup lockers to reduce parcel deliveries (Nikkei Asian Review). Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). Trucking Freight Brokers to Merge Under Private-Equity Deal (WSJ – sub. China’s Cosco in Talks to Buy Orient Overseas (WSJ – sub.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Prior to that, the British Empire ruled the territory as colonies and protectorates, and Japan occupied the area from 1942 to 1945. It’s merchant marine includes more than 1,700 vessels, including bulk carriers, container ships, general cargo ships and oil tankers. In 1963, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak joined the Federation.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Nippon Express Nippon Express is a Japanese logistics company commonly known in Japan as ‘Nittsu.’ million square feet of warehouse space in Japan and an additional 25.8 Revenue: JP¥ 544.53

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

West Coast port labor talks are stalled as dockworker disputes hit the region’s big trade gateways, according to shipping industry officials who fear the negotiations could take months to resolve. Some maritime executives had hoped the talks, which began in mid-May, would conclude in the early fall.

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Just look back over the last couple of years.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2021

China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are the top 5 exporters to the USA. The surge in ships arriving from Asia put West Coast ports under stress, which started in November and thus far has continued through into the summer months. The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Pacific Trade Deal , a freer trade treaty between 12 Pacific Rim countries, including Japan and the U.S, The ramifications of the restructuring of China’s economy, freight innovation, re-shoring, widening the Panama Canal, and the new super-size ships are all covered. Sustainable shipping! looks good news for world trade.

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QAD

JULY 2, 2019

Key industries include mining, iron, steel, aluminum, coal, machinery, arms, textiles and apparel, oil, cement, chemicals, consumer products, footwear, toys, electronics, food, transportation equipment, automobiles, railcars, ships, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, satellites and commercial space launch vehicles. as of 2018.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

And it brought in foreign investment from Asia (Korea, China, and Japan), Europe, and other parts of the world. But they still ship products into Mexico in full truckloads or full shipping containers. It helped develop skilled workers for the factories and professionals such as engineers and logistics specialists to run them.

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2020

Commercial ship repair is also significant. billion worth of goods to China, the US, Germany, Japan, India, Botswana and Namibia. In addition, automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel mills, chemicals, fertilizer and food are important manufacturing sectors for the country. of South Africa’s GDP.

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2020

Commercial ship repair is also significant. billion worth of goods to China, the US, Germany, Japan, India, Botswana and Namibia. In addition, automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel mills, chemicals, fertilizer and food are important manufacturing sectors for the country. of South Africa’s GDP.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 14, 2016

Given that it took place in Japan, I imagined quite an animated discussion around making another leap in the manufacturing of things. If a vessel arrives too early and the berth slot is not ready or the silo is too full, the ship anchors and the shipper (a cement company) pays demurrage charges to the ship owner.

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