Source: Marcel Schoeters in Liege – 16/11/19

Last week 12-14/11/19 the We Cargo event took place in Liège Airport. The event was concluded with the ceremony awarding both the ‘Acceleration Programme’ for start-ups and the ‘Hackathon’ for air cargo logistics related solutions. The winner in the first category was ESNAH, which has developed hardware and software solutions to support decision makers with advanced business intelligence. The company focuses its expertise on using data and communication efficiently, reliably and in real time between pilots and airports.

The Hackathon was won by HEC Liège which developed a GSE Pooling solution: a mathematical model forecasting airport equipment use in order to optimize it, based on data measurement.

Next week OTM & Lanark annouce there hackathon. You can still buy a ticket untill Tuesday 26/11/19 noon. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSencAsjHXrzH6xydowyBRyK8YM9Wsb3Z0DOZrOzRgMNsLVSuw/viewform

Source: ESC - Godfried Smit - 22/11/19

The European Shippers' Council, in cooperation with Smart Freight Centre, are pleased to welcome you to 'Future of green businesses: The GLEC Framework, translating results into action'. This interactive workshop takes place in Brussels on 10 December 2019.
The GLEC Framework is the only globally recognized methodology for harmonized calculation and reporting of the logistics GHG footprint across the multi-modal supply chain. Participation is for free.

Lire la suite : Future of green businesses - invite - interactive workshop Brussels

Source: wimdekeyser.be – 08/11/19

THE ESPORG CONFERENCE in BRUSSELS 07/11/2019 - Last week the annual ESPORG Conference was held in Brussels (ESPORG: the European Secure Parking Organisation) where a.o. speakers of ESPORG and of the EU Commission (DG MOVE) held presentations to the audience.
Ms WERNER Director Land Transport at DG Move emphasized the commitment of the EU Commission to come to a real network of SSTPA (1) especially i.r.o. the problems seen with the security of drivers, vehicles and cargo; the safety of drivers and last but not least the ille-gal migrants.
First step being the new EU Standards (since 2018) for SSTPA (2)

Lire la suite : Secure Truck Parking Areas in Europe

Source: BCG Logistics Industry Report -Amrit Mahapatra – 27/10/19

The fight to grab a piece of pie from the $1.2 trillion global shipping industry - A wave of digital disruption is about to hit sea and road freight forwarders. Start-ups are using digital technologies to develop a variety of innovative business models that will dramatically improve the customer experience and eliminate entrenched operational inefficiencies. These digital business models have the potential to overturn the dominant position traditional forwarders have long held in the industry.

Lire la suite : Freight Forwarders must invent themselves

Source: NT 05/11/19 and De TIJD(06/11/2019)

Do we have to be afraid about UBER and UBER FREIGHT...? More financial data is available now for the third quarter of 2019:

• UBER FREIGHT: Loss Q3 2019: USD 81 Mio (+ 261 % against 2018) - Turnover: USD 218 Mio ( + 78 % against 2018)
• UBER: Loss Q3 2019: USD 1,16 Billion (+ 18 % against 2018) - Turnover: USD 3,8 Billion (+ 30% against 2018)

These figures confirm that UBER focuses essentially on extension to take over a significant part of the market; the CEO declared they will be profitable in a few years (2021).
Observers are curious to see the reaction on the stock-market; Tuesday was the first day that shares can be sold (since the entry on the stock-market in May); shares have lost approx. 33 % of their value since then.
The time will tell us in which direction this will evolve.To be continued.

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Source: logisticsmanager - By Michelle Mooney – 14/10/19

The global supply chain analytics market is forecast to grow 15.8 per cent over the next five years, driven by the adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence.
According to BCC Research, a predicted compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.8 per cent could see the global supply chain analytics market be worth $9.2 billion (£7.3 billion) by 2024.
BCC also reports that supply chain analytics for the industrial and manufacturing market will grow 16.4 per cent in five years, with the retail and consumer goods sectors expected to grow from $1.2 billion in 2019 to $2.5 billion in 2024 at a CAGR of 16.2 per cent.

Lire la suite : Supply chain analysis market ‘worth $9.2bn by 2024’

Source: Visualcapitalist – 07/10/19

Trillions of dollars of goods get traded around the world every year. In 2018, total global exports exceeded $19 trillion, including specialized goods falling into almost every possible category imaginable.
Whether you’re talking about German cars, Bangladeshi t-shirts, Saudi oil, or Swiss milk chocolate, just about anything is available on the world market for a price – and the world’s largest exporting countries aim to take advantage.
Ranked: The 15 Largest Exporters in 2018. Today’s visualization comes to us from HowMuch.net, and it resizes countries based on their most recent export numbers, as per data from the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Let’s take a look at how the field breaks down:

Lire la suite : Visualizing the World’s Largest Exporters in 2018