Logistics

China Hopes 50 Countries to Join Its Modern Silk Road Trade Project

April 2, 2015

China's President Xi Jinping said he hoped his nation's annual trade with the countries involved in Beijing's plan to create a modern Silk Road would surpass $2.5tr in a decade.

TNT Opens Healthcare Transport Hub in Netherlands

April 1, 2015

TNT

TNT has inaugurated an international transport hub in Heerlen, the Netherlands, dedicated to the shipping of medical devices to European hospitals and clinics.

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April 1, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

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Amazon Launches One-hour Delivery in Parts of Dallas Metro Area

March 31, 2015

Amazon

Amazon has announced that its Prime Now service has expanded to the Dallas area, offering one-hour delivery on tens of thousands of daily essentials through a mobile app.

IAG Cargo Adds Services in Latin American Network

March 31, 2015

IAG Cargo

IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America service network with the launching of a new route into Colombia, and the reopening of its route into Cuba.

Near Field Communication System Helps Luxury Sunglass Manufacturer with Returns Process

March 31, 2015

RFID Journal

Luxottica Group, a global luxury sunglass and eyeglass company, reports that it has improved quality, as well as the efficiency of its receiving, quality-inspection and subsequent re-stocking of returned products, by between 30 and 50 percent, by deploying a Near Field Communication RFID system. The solution employs an NFC dangle tag attached to each frame, and software that enables workers to view data about the item, and to update its status via NFC-enabled tablets.

Cargo Theft's Unexpected Ripple Effects

March 31, 2015

Salvatore Marino, Vice President of Business Development, CargoNet

Drop a pebble into a fishpond and it creates a tiny ripple. What starts as a local event instantly surges outward, causing a ring of disturbance that grows as it travels across the water. Beneath the surface, the goldfish scatter as a mallard above beats a rapid retreat. And for those who may be dozing on the shoreline, a chain of events has begun that forces change in every direction.

Fighting in Yemen Threatens Highly Important Sea Lanes Used for Oil Transportation

March 31, 2015

Maritime Executive

Conflict in Yemen risks spilling out into the busy sea lanes that pass it and potentially disrupt the narrow Bab el-Mandeb passage through which nearly four million barrels of oil are shipped daily to Europe, the United States and Asia.

Penske Logistics Inks Deal to Acquire Transfreight North America

March 30, 2015

Penske Logistics

Penske Logistics has reached agreement to acquire Transfreight North America, a provider of third-party logistics and supply-chain services, from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Hybrid Fuel Tech May Give Drone Deliveries Juice Needed to Overcome Weight, Distance Limitations

March 30, 2015

MIT Technology Review

Google, Amazon and DHL are working on drones that could someday deliver packages straight to your doorstep. Unfortunately, most drones would struggle to carry something as heavy as a textbook more than a dozen kilometers on battery power.

Logistics

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