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More bright spots for Indonesia’s logistics industry, IFC invests in ASSA
Indonesia’s logistics sector has been sluggish to digitalize in the last few years, but IFC has announced an injection of $31 million in ASSA. Read more…
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Uber Eats and Japanese chain Lawson link up for faster delivery
Uber Eats and Japanese store chain Lawson announced a delivery partnership in central Tokyo, seeking to capitalise on growing demand for quick home delivery. Read more…
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Rakuten signs roaming deal with KDDI to boost LTE launch
KDDI has signed an agreement to provide roaming services to Rakuten for its LTE mobile network to be launched in October 2019, which will enable the e-commerce firm to offer a nationwide LTE service from Read more…
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Fujitsu and partners trial AI crowdsourced delivery app
Fujitsu, Singapore Management University (SMU), A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) and UrbanFox (a subsidiary of Keppel Logistics) have signed an agreement to collaborate on a field trial in Singapore in which they will test Read more…
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Commonwealth Bank tracks 17 tons of almonds in blockchain experiment
Seventeen tons of almonds have successfully been shipped and tracked from Sunraysia in Victoria, Australia, to Hamburg in Germany in a blockchain-based collaboration between Commonwealth Bank and five Australian and international supply chain players. Commonwealth Read more…
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DHL and Accenture use blockchain prototype to track pharma products
DHL has released a report in cooperation with Accenture that explores the potential of blockchain technology to transform the logistics industry, and includes the initial findings on a working prototype developed by both companies tracks pharmaceuticals Read more…
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Amazon launches FBA in Australia to beat the tyranny of distance
SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com began selling its in-house delivery service to third-party vendors in Australia on Tuesday, taking on a major logistical challenge in the continent that invented the expression “tyranny of distance”. Three Read more…
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IoT is disrupting supply chains – and in a good way
The recent news that Tesla is developing a prototype for fleets of long-haul autonomous trucks was the latest example of how emerging technologies are poised to majorly disrupt the logistics industry. Technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous Read more…
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China’s HNA makes bid for Singapore logistics firm CWT
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s HNA Holding Group Co. said it would make an offer to acquire Singapore-listed logistics firm CWT Ltd for $1 billion. The Chinese conglomerate said in a filing to the Hong Read more…