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Policy “unpredictability” a big issue for break carriers

The Trump administration’s assault on global trade is rattling everyone up and down the supply chain. Shipping lines can easily get caught in the middle. They are scrambling to figure out how to respond long-term to an unsettled environment that can change in an instant with a tweet or a press conference.

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Seattle startup Flexe, opens the doors to on-demand warehousing

While automation and robotics are disrupting the traditional warehouse and threaten to upend the historic notion of a warehouse altogether, a Seattle-based startup called Flexe is fundamentally altering the approach businesses can take for their distribution needs. Flexe offers on-demand warehousing through an AirBnB-like network.

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At the Ocado warehouse I Robot meets the grocery cart

Warehousing around the globe is undergoing a dramatic change with the widespread introduction of automation. But as the Ocado facilities illustrate, warehouse automation is much more than conveyor belts and racks.

Can Reefer Ro-Ro balance perishable logistics?

The business of moving perishables is innately unbalanced. The cargo carried by Ro-Ro ships is also frequently head haul heavy. Can a Reefer Ro-Ro vessel balance the two legs?

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Adaptability the key to Ro-Ro design

The Ro-Ro (roll-on roll-off) design is inherently adaptable. But as Finn Wollesen, managing director for Knud E. Hansen explains in an interview with AJOT correspondent Matt Miller, there are many complexities to designing in the adaptability of a state-of-the-art Ro-Ro.

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Combilift’s versatility changing the game for straddle carriers

A gleaming new ultramarine blue, 80-ton straddle carrier stands waiting on the factory floor of Combilift’s recently inaugurated complex in County Monaghan, Ireland, near the Northern Ireland border.

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Combilift launches new factory in Ireland

Combilift’s new 500,000 sq/ft production facility in Monaghan, Ireland will enable the forklift and equipment manufacturer to keep pace with a diversified product demand.

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Project work Europe to Russia niche market for CF&S

In April, logistics provider CF&S shipped fifty Sampo-Rosenlew harvesters from the manufacturer’s factory in Pori, Finland, to Shirvan, Azerbaijan.

Seahawk Logitech part of the new gen of project 3PLs
Shipbreaking: breaking badly

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