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The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers’ 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the energy demand and thereby greenhouse gas...
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Background: Centuries after its introduction in Africa, the western-style logistics system has not replicated the same … answers to the challenges of logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) in Africa. … results as it has in other parts of the world. The continent continues to grapple with poor logistics infrastructure and low …
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the logistics challenges associated with the AfCFTA and potential solutions and development paths for future value chains … the results of the first stage. Results: The article sheds light on the barely untapped field of logistics challenges … importance of logistics in the development of pan-African value chains and highlights potential development paths that may arise …
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In order to make clear the positioning of the port logistics competitiveness of Qingdao Port among the major coastal … port logistics competitiveness, this paper uses the factor analysis method and fuzzy equivalence relationship clustering … differences in the competitiveness of port logistics, and find the weaknesses of Qingdao Port in the strength of the port …
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This paper provides an overview of the container shipping supply chain (CSSC) by taking a logistics perspective …, covering all major value-adding segments in CSSC including freight logistics, container logistics, vessel logistics, port …/terminal logistics, and inland transport logistics. The main planning problems and research opportunities in each logistics segment are …
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services (3PL) in managing logistics, reducing operational and non-operational costs, and managing customer and supplier …
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well as aspects of the logistics efficiency, are being examined, and the gaps between the expectations of people using … this paper is the formulation of a framework which can be used to assess the quality of B2C logistics services. Results …
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When preserving perishable goods, maintaining a constant temperature over the cold supply chain is essential. Therefore, refrigerated vehicles are an important part of the cold supply chain system. However, many traditional refrigerated cargo systems are not designed to support the homogeneity...
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most discussed technologies nowadays. The huge challenge that digitization is forming to the transportation and logistics … smart logistics in mind and cost-efficient technologies available, they require a systematic methodology to exploit the …. In three real-world use case examples from different areas of the transportation and logistics industry, promising …
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existing logistics assets. A review of the literature to establish the critical aspects of freight collaboration was undertaken …
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