Thanks to the Shipping Tribune for this article. It shows how ships are really just portable inventory. There’s a long history of oil tankers being used as storage depots.
The steel monsters making billions from oil crash
Source: The steel monsters making billions from oil crash | The Shipping Tribune
Posted in Logistics, Ports, Shipping, Supply Chains, Transp Econ
Tagged inventory, ocean shipping
We have to be open to radical alternatives to last mile supply chain delivery methods. Here are some suggestions from MIT researchers. Many have been tried around the world. An open mind and entrepreneurship-style innovation will be the winning strategy. Keep an open mind and test, test, test how customers or users like it in an iterative fashion!
Another example of supply chain integration in the ocean shipping – port arena. And more on the merger saga for 2015-2016.
Supply Chain Digest Port Technology International Marine Link
