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Accuracy and timeliness: Two critical measures that define the quality of data in logistics

When connecting supply chain data, what helps guarantee your investment will have the expected benefit is the quality of the inputs received. In practical terms,...

Understanding the five key challenges to connect supply chain data

It is well known for any cargo owner or freight forwarding company that having data to monitor the supply chain is key to any...

The Impact of EEXI and CII on Decarbonisation

Major regulatory changes are coming, when IMO meets in its Marine Environment Protection Committee next month it is expected that confirmation of these changes...

Critical supply chain congestion requires systemic change

Bottlenecks in key regions such as the Los Angeles port complex and North European ports, exacerbated by the Suez Canal blockage and container shortages...

Ever Given crew should not be hostages in a legal war

Too often crew are used as a pawn in a legal chess match between owners and authorities. Sometimes that can lead to seafarers being...

Maritime set to help vaccinate the world

Dominating the past year’s news has been the pandemic, mainly about the social distancing and lock-down regimes in various countries, but also the heralded...

Key steps to a high performance maritime industry

Taking digitalisation one step at a time will offer a resilient, safe and sustainable maritime ecosystem for all those involved in the supply chain...

VLSFO – fact Vs. fiction

IMO 2020 compliant fuels have been in use for over a year, largely without incident. So why the continued vilification? The International Bunker Industry...

Logistics can be a shot in the arm

Lessons from the pandemic must be learned. What the virus has taught us so far is that working in isolation, as an industry or...

Port call optimisation: Two sides of the same coin

Good communications are critical for developing just-in-time ship calls at ports, giving both the lines and port facilities predictability as ships arrive.  To achieve...

A week on the US West Coast during the Covid pandemonium

As the pandemic has progressed through 2020 we have seen the ups and downs of economic activity and the struggles of an industry to...

Call for new ‘Marshall Plan’ for Port Digitalisation

Emerging and developing nations need to accelerate trade digitalisation. Pre-empting the second story in the Digital Series, to be published on Monday, Pascal Ollivier,...

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Wan Hai invests US$150 million in 48,000-container order

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MSC removes Dammam from New Falcon service

Swiss/Italian container line MSC has revised its New Falcon service, removing Dammam from the port rotation. The updated service now focuses on key regional hubs...
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