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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

That streak came to an end in its first match, a 3-0 loss to Sweden, which happened to be the last team to defeat the US. Another shipping crisis strikes, threatens Black Friday shopping. Volansi completes first-ever autonomous ship-to-ship drone delivery. Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing.

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Russia’s Arctic Expansion: The Future of Global Shipping

SCMDOJO

Additionally, new shipping lanes are opening up, and Russia has a grand plan to become the biggest beneficiary of climate change in the region. Despite its efficiency, the volume of shipping along this route is negligible compared to the other two options.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Opinion Editorial by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Operating Partner at Anchor Group and Mikael Lind, Senior Strategic Research Advisor at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. Shipping Routes: Clydebank Declaration. An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport.

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

In the shipping and manufacturing industries, that same “worldwide web” is now being deployed to encourage more energy-efficient operational and communication strategies for a low-carbon economy, thanks to IoT Tech. The Internet has already transformed the way individuals interact, make choices, and process information.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart said it is now more committed to embedding sustainability into every conversation it has with suppliers, service partners, store and club managers, truck manufacturers and other important parts of its massive supply chain. Walmart has entered a definitive agreement to purchase micro-fulfillment center (MFC) developer Alert Innovation.

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Big changes coming to the supply line, just not where you thought they’d be

Kinaxis

As reported by The Guardian a number of European truck manufactures recently collaborated on creating a convoy of more than six semi-autonomous (semi-autonomous because there was still a back-up human driver) trucks that drove from Sweden and south Germany to a port in Rotterdam, Netherlands. But the story doesn’t end there.

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