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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the installation of such technologies in all new passenger vehicles. delaying shipments and raising transportation costs. Emergency vehicles, for example, would be exempt, and the California Highway Patrol could authorize the system’s disabling in certain other cases.

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Exiger’s Technology Forecasts Merchandise, Textiles and Luxury Goods Most Vulnerable to Potential Strait of Hormuz Blockade

Exiger Perspectives

strike on weapons storage facilities in Yemen , there is increasing concern about how a disruption to this trade route could impact the global economy. .- Bound Shipments, Global Transshipping and Persian Gulf Oil WASHINGTON , Oct. Exiger analyzed shipments traversing the Strait of Hormuz that use the Jebel Ali port.

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Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024

American Global Logistics

Disruptions in transportation infrastructure and evolving consumer demands pose additional challenges that require proactive management. To achieve agility, resilience, and antifragility , your business must diversify suppliers and transportation routes. The shipping environment is prone to disruptions.

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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. has been working to negotiate a ceasefire in Yemen. Supply Chain: Shipping capacity creating disruptive issues Shipping capacity is the amount of cargo that ships can transport.

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FMCG Drinks Route to Market – let’s get fizzical in CEE

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

In a past life I ran the Supply Chain for an FMCG company in the 6 Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC) countries plus Yemen in the Middle East. Aside: Sadly, you leave the good road infrastructure behind in Hungary and any form of transport moves slower in Romania, even the planes!

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

Maybe you wouldn’t need to consider upheaving your operations and relocating your warehouse as a result of shifting trade patterns, like 48% of supply chain and transportation executives are doing now. In fact, activities associated with transportation and logistics account for anywhere between 10% and 12% of global GDP.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

How you manage the transformation and transportation of assets in that supply chain ultimately determines the value you create for the world. Any company invested in the global economy depends on its supply chain to be the foundation of the business. Everything is built on top of it, including the company’s environmental footprint.