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  • City skyline of lit high-rise towers at blue twilight under a cloudy sky
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    Black Swans in the Supply Chain: Long Term Effects of the Tianjin Port Explosion

    It was a massive disaster, but we find that the impact of the Tianjin port explosion was not as devastating and long-lasting as people initially feared.

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  • Aerial view of stacked Maersk, Hamburg Sud, CMA CGM and MSC shipping containers in a port yard
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    An Interview With Marc Levinson, Author of “The Box”

    The Box details an innovation that logistically made possible globalization as we know it. Here's an interview with Marc Levinson, author of The Box.

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  • View from an airplane window of a red-tipped wing over teal water dotted with anchored cargo tankers
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    A New Way to Calculate Carbon Emissions for Freight

    Flexport is able to optimize your supply chain on the basis of pricing and timing. Soon we'll be able to show their shipment impacts on carbon emissions.

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  • Close-up of an intense fire engulfing burning wooden logs at night
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    What to Know About Lithium-Ion Batteries, Which Can Cause Plane Crashes

    Lithium-ion batteries are dangerous. If packed together incorrectly, or if affected by nearby triggers, a group of them can spontaneously combust.

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