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SHIPPINGInsight opens applications for its SHARK TANK
SHIPPINGInsight opens applications for its SHARK TANK
Contestants Now Being Accepted for SHIPPINGInsight’s 2021 SHARK TANK
July 22, 2021: Applications for SHIPPINGInsight’s 2021 SHARK TANK are now being accepted for start-ups and new technologies and services to compete for the prestigious SHIPPINGInsight Innovation Award as a part of SHIPPINGInsight’s 2021 program “Bridging the Decade” Conference and Exhibition being held October 11-13th at the Stamford...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/22/shippinginsight-opens-applications-for-its-shark-tank/
DHL Services Continue Strong Unaffected by Disruption
- DHL services in Ireland will not suffer any major impact as a result of the disruption in Great Britain.
- This afternoon, the company announced a temporary suspension of their road-based services to and from mainland Europe.
- This is as a result of the closure of the Eurotunnel and the ferry ports connecting the UK to France. Road services to and from the UK are not impacted.
- Once the ports reopen, the road service to mainland Europe will be reinstated.
According to a recent news article...
https://mfame.guru/dhl-services-continue-strong-unaffected-by-disruption/
Global consumer goods CEOs warn of supply chain disruption; interruption “could push companies and countries over the edge”
Major global manufacturers and retailers of essential consumer goods, including food and hygiene products, have warned that anti-COVID restrictions in the maritime industry are “creating [a] huge disruption to global supply chains – including those for critical goods such as food and hygiene”.
Governments must ensure the continued supply of goods
In an open letter to António Guterres, the head of the United Nations, the 31 CEOs of global-scale consumer goods companies, have called upon world...
Daily Infographic: Storm delay relay
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Commentary: Another freight forwarding disruptor joins the fray
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.
Late last month, Beacon – a digital freight forwarder based in the U.K. – announced that it had raised $15 million in a Series A round of financing. It also announced that Jeff Bezos was one of the investors in that round.
Bezos’ investment instantly became an issue of discussion among people who follow early-stage technology startups in the freight markets. The...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-another-freight-forwarding-disruptor-joins-the-fray
Industry experience, continual innovation drive J.B. Hunt 360 technology platform
In the midst of rolling out the third phase of an aggressive strategy to disrupt and innovate efficiency in the supply chain through its digital freight matching platform, J.B. Hunt 360, Shelley Simpson said the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced the company to pivot and adapt to its customers’, carriers’ and employees’ changing needs during these unprecedented times.
“It’s made us really evaluate what our priorities are in our organization. We are even more focused on how we help our people, our...
Unpredictable weather brings new loss scenarios for shipping
In its latest Shipping and Safety Review, Allianz discussed how the changing weather patterns observed in the last years are disrupting supply chain, resulting in physical damage shipping incidents. The report cited recent examples, such as record low water levels on the Rhine and Elbe rivers and high water in Mississippi.
In late 2018, Europe marked record low water levels on the Rhine and Elbe rivers, leaving cruise ships stranded and inland ports idle as millions of tons of goods were...
https://safety4sea.com/unpredictable-weather-brings-new-loss-scenarios-for-shipping/
Pia Meling, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Massterly AS – A Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture
This is a subject creating interest and a lot of emotions, it’s all about autonomous shipping! Meet Pia Meling, a very knowledgeable maritime professional speaking about what challenges there are with autonomous ships but also the strategy behind developing a new segment of shipping. The idea is to move goods from roads to the sea and the various scales of autonomous, from assistance to fully autonomous.
Of course, we cover a lot more in this, the 107th episode of the Shipping Podcast, how...
Drewry: Port of Dover can cope with moderate Brexit disruption
The Port of Dover has the resilience to cope with moderate disruption arising from Brexit and there is latent short sea capacity to absorb significant overflow at the port in the event of capacity constraints, according to an independent study by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
Among the political arguments about Brexit and its consequences, there has been a surprising lack of objective and quantitative analysis of the implications for the future of the vital short sea trade between the UK...
https://safety4sea.com/drewry-port-of-dover-can-cope-with-moderate-brexit-disruption/