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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics. minutes per mile.

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

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: The solution will help manage and track the paper trail of tens of millions of shipping containers across the world by digitizing the supply chain process from end-to-end to enhance transparency and the highly secure sharing of information among trading partners.

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In the crosshairs: Real-time logistics visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

From trade wars and covid-induced interruptions to the more recent pile-up of ships in the Suez Canal, disruption has proven to be the ugly underbelly of today’s globally integrated (just-in-time) supply chains. The past years have brought with them immense challenges for carriers, logistics operators and supply chain managers.

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Project cargo complexities simplified

20Cube Logistics

large and sometimes require disassembling before shipping and reassembling for delivering. Project cargo in 20Cube in Uganda and Kenya is carried seamlessly, irrespective of the size and complexity of the cargo. Such special deliveries are known as ‘Project Cargo’. What’s Project Cargo?

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

Smartphone use in countries like India and Kenya is growing rapidly as companies like Xiaomi offer more affordable models aimed at users in developing countries. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. Why Developing Economies are Clicking “Buy”.

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How We Can Leverage Blockchain to Increase Transparency in Supply Chains

EcoVadis

Maersk, a Danish shipping company, is testing blockchain to improve the administrative procedures and efficiency of marine shipping. In their example, shipping one container of flowers from Kenya to Rotterdam involves about 200 documents, from the local mills and export authorities to the port workers, customs agents and distributors.

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Health Supply Chains: Checking in with Deborah Dull

Logistics Bureau

One point of focus explores how to incentivise the large pharmaceutical manufacturers to make generics and lower-cost items that could then be shipped to where they’re needed. Kenya is a big exception. We also have a tremendous challenge around the last mile or even the in-country supply chain.