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Loaded and Rolling: Lunar New Year outlook; boxpocalypse now

Lunar New Year outlook with Christopher Thornycroft
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In Tuesday’s episode of FreightWaves’ Loaded and Rolling show, Christopher Thornycroft, executive vice president at Redwood, joined us to talk about the Lunar New Year and what it means for freight demand. For those unaware, the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday began Jan. 22 and typically lasts two weeks. This year, it will end with the Lantern Festival on Sunday. This holiday, which involves fireworks and gift giving, can...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-lunar-new-year-outlook-boxpocalypse-now

Cartonization company Paccurate closes $2.2M funding round

Several shipping boxes are stacked up with bubble wrap packaging inside.

Shipping and fulfillment optimization platform Paccurate announced Tuesday it closed a $2.2 million seed funding round to advance its capabilities to reduce costs and carbon emissions in supply chains.

Almost every online shopper has gone to his or her door and found a box an air fryer could fit into when what was ordered was the size of a phone case. Larger than necessary boxes require excess packing materials and take up more space in delivery vehicles and consumers’ recycling bins.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cartonization-company-paccurate-closes-22m-funding-round

Digitalisation Key To Logistical Challenge During Covid 19

  • Riviera conducted a webinar on Container Shipping Leaders to understand how digitalisation helps mitigate the challenges in container shipping.
  • The experts discussed on the solutions to overcome the ongoing pandemic, right-sizing business operations and vessels, and maintaining resilience in a changing market.
  • The webinar also focused on the supply chain problems with critical items such as sanitisers and protective masks.
  • Rising costs, excessive demurrage, system outage issues and early...

https://mfame.guru/digitalisation-key-to-logistical-challenge-during-covid-19/