Shipping Efficiencies

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Nigeria Loses $6bn Freight Cost Yearly to Maritime Piracy

This Day 17 Oct 2018

A safe, secure and efficient shipping industry will surely revitalize and diversify the economy of Nigeria away from crude oil exploration to a maritime hub ... “Initially, the IMO was restricted to safety related issues, but over the years, its mandate expanded to environmental considerations, legal matters, technical cooperation, maritime security and many other issues affecting the overall efficiency and effectiveness of shipping....

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Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) CEO Randall White on Q2 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha 17 Oct 2018

The gross sales are the amount of books that we ship at retail ... So we’re very happy with how well the efficiency in the warehouse is going and we can -- two years ago, we couldn’t ship products, we got some big problems ... It has taken us three or four weeks to deliver, to ship books and last week, we were contacted by a national material handling magazine who's writing an article on how efficient our operations are....

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project44 and Gatehouse Logistics Announce Exclusive Partnership

Waco Tribune-Herald 17 Oct 2018

End-to-end supply chain visibility is critical for complex global organizations looking to monitor global operations, increase efficiencies and improve the overall customer experience ... Leveraging the power of the project44 cloud-based platform, organizations are able to increase operational efficiencies, reduce costs, improve shipping performance, and deliver an exceptional Amazon-like experience to their customers....

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How Much Is Your Cup Of Tea Costing The Environment?

Huffington Post 17 Oct 2018

We are a famed nation of tea drinkers, and get through an estimated 60 billion cups of tea every year ... Boiling the kettle ... So next time it’s your turn, boil only what you need or even better - invest in an energy saving eco-kettle.Shipping the tea into the UK ... The tea needs to be transported via airplanes or across the oceans in shipping containers. That said, “tea is very light and shipping is very efficient,” Prof ... ....

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Google releases Chrome 70, with fixes for controversial new login and sync system

TechRadar 17 Oct 2018

The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser is now being rolled out for Mac, Windows and Linux, with fixes to the controversial login system that was introduced the previous release ... Image courtesy. Google ... Mindful of privacy ... Google ... Chrome 70 will also ship with an integrated AV1 decoder, a royalty-free codec for more efficient and better quality video streaming, although encoding capabilities haven’t yet been included....

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Rolls-Royce Wants To Fill the Seas With Self-Sailing Ships

Slashdot 16 Oct 2018

Just one other big ship, but also lots of small boats, enjoying the calm water, which could be hazards ... Using cameras, lidar, and radar, Rolls wants to make completely autonomous ships ... Beyond preventing accidents, human-free ships could be 15 percent more efficient to run, because they don't need energy-gobbling life support systems, doing things like heating, cooking, and lugging drinking water along for the ride....

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No Brexit deal could snarl major ports, hitting exports

Idaho Statesman 16 Oct 2018

Traffic moves quickly and smoothly at the Hook of Holland ferry terminal on the western edge of Europe's biggest port, with hundreds of trucks streaming onto ships regularly setting off for the English ......

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Merger Creates New Global Leader In Biospecimen Solutions

The Record 16 Oct 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio and HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and LOS OSOS, Calif., Oct ... Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic investor focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, facilitated the merger and invested in the company ... "We retain the world's most diverse base of high-quality biospecimens and the global logistical systems to acquire, process, biostore, and ship them most efficiently, with adherence to all local and international laws."....

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GlobalTranz Closes Acquisition of AFN Logistics

The Marshall News Messenger 16 Oct 2018

Ranked the 10th largest freight brokerage in the U.S ... About AFN Logistics ... About GlobalTranz. GlobalTranz is a technology-driven freight brokerage company specializing in LTL, full truckload, third-party logistics and expedited shipping services. GlobalTranz is leading the market in innovative logistics technology that optimizes the efficiency of freight movement and matches shipper demand and carrier capacity in near real-time ... CONTACT....

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New Alaska ferry launches at Ketchikan Shipyard

News & Record 15 Oct 2018

The vessel is being built by Vigor Alaska, which also constructed its sister ship Tazlina ... The ferries are expected to hold up to 300 passengers and 53 standard vehicles, and were designed to be more fuel efficient. Both ships were initially planned to operate as day boats in southeast Alaska, serving Juneau, Haines and Skagway....

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Dorian LPG: Takeover Drives 30% Upside Potential, 75% If Lease Rates Continue To Improve

Seeking Alpha 15 Oct 2018

Beyond the likely initial price of around $10/sh, the benefits of such a merger would likely include driving additional value by lower break-evens, enhancing liquidity, better shipping route - pool efficiency, and better bargaining power ... These modern ships habitually command a premium over other VLGCs due to their 6% larger capacity and greater efficiency....

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Uniqlo replaced 90 percent of a warehouse’s workers with robots

The Daily Dot 15 Oct 2018

They’ll also be able to prepare products for shipping and check clothes for defects without the help of human employees. There will still be some human employees at the Tokyo warehouse, but Uniqlo expects that replacing the vast majority of them with robots will significantly reduce shipping times, and, of course, decrease labor costs for the company....

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Are EEDI shortcomings shipping’s smoking gun?

Splash24/7 12 Oct 2018

Owners can be swift in adopting efficiency measures when cash is on the line but, for some, environmental regulations prompt only a sigh of resignation that something will need to be done when the rules change. However, when IMO adopted EEDI in 2011 and outlined its scheduled phase-in, the ambition was to set vessels on a course towards improved efficiency that would be of benefit to shipping as a whole....

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