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Tech Q&A: Kontainers' Graham Parker expects huge cost savings as freight tech rolls on

This week the chief executive and founder of Kontainers, Graham Parker (pictured above), kindly shared with me his thoughts about the latest strategic developments for the company he leads as ...

Oct 9, 2019• 0 Comments•

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Recommends / China’s electronics exporters desperate for escape from trade war

Intriguing on-the-ground report in the South China Morning Post from this week’s Hong Kong Electronics ...

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News / New standards published to advance the use of data from smart containers

The quest to develop a set of standards for data collected from smart containers has ...

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Oct 4, 2019• 0 Comments•

News / Vietnam anxious to attract US exports before catching Trump's tariff eye

With a ballooning US trade deficit and fearful of potential Trump tariffs, Vietnam is scrambling to import ...

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Oct 4, 2019• 0 Comments•

Comment / On the wires: The 300cubits blockchain demise – who is next?

“The 300cubits has decided to suspend the operation of the Booking Deposit Module (“System”) effective ...

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Sep 30, 2019• 0 Comments•

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Display firm Sahara signs five-year deal with Europa

Agility appointed to handle InfoComm events in the US

Smeg UK awards contract to appliance delivery specialist Yusen Logistics

Tigers Eshop brings portable cooker retailer Cobb to Hong Kong

TCS opens new facility in Mexico's 'Silicon Valley'

Chain.io unveils beta release of their supply chain open access integration platform

Shooting off into outer space with DHL: the first commercial payload transport to the Moon is ready for launch

Candy Group extends logistics partnership with K+N

Kale introduces latest version of CANOPUS Customs clearance management software

CEVA expands consumer & retail sector portfolio as Arlec enters UK market

Geodis expands air and ocean freight services for Asteelflash

Kuehne + Nagel pioneers new application of logistics market intelligence

DB Schenker opts for INTTRA solution for VGM compliance

Contargo gets into a 'scrum' to develop its own TOS

Cargobase launches new feature: lane-contracts

Medion opts for DHL’s new multimodal service

News / Swissport unveils self-service check-in kiosks for air freight

Swissport has begun a roll-out of self-service cargo check-in kiosks, with Brussels and Schiphol among ...

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Sep 27, 2019• 0 Comments•

Recommends / Why Flexport built a slick Slack SaaS for shipping

Following a $3.2bn valuation and a $1bn in fundraising, Flexport can add the launch of ...

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Sep 27, 2019• 0 Comments•

News / Human rights abuse alert as China's Xinjiang supply chain links expand

Food and hi-tech electronic supply chains have been warned they may be caught up in ...

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Sep 13, 2019• 0 Comments•

Comment / On the wires: 'Welcome to the party' – WiseTech down A$845m in value today...

“High profile names like (…) WiseTech Global (…), Appen Ltd (…) and Nearmap (…) [are] on the ...

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Sep 10, 2019• 0 Comments•

News / Korean Air eyes new routes as a second trade war starts in Asia

Korean Air has reduced flights to Japan and expanded cargo services to South-east Asia and ...

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Sep 5, 2019• 0 Comments•

Comment / Supply chain radar: RPA Labs & the tech disruption... what disruption? 'It hasn't taken place yet'

“A US start-up is bringing RPA to the logistics arena, to speed up repetitive processes ...

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Sep 4, 2019• 0 Comments•

News / As Uber bleeds cash, it eyes a saviour in tie-up with freight platform

Uber has piled more misery on its investors with another quarter in the red, but ...

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Aug 9, 2019• 0 Comments•

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