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Port of Savannah handles 1.5M TEUs in first quarter

GPA expects growth to moderate in coming months

SAVANNAH, Ga., October 13, 2022 – The Georgia Ports Authority handled more than 1.5 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023 (July-September), an increase of 135,000 TEUs, or 9.6 percent over the same period last year.

“A high number of ad hoc vessel calls, the addition of three new Mediterranean services, and one new service to Asia contributed to the growth,” said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. “Additionally, our regular services have been arriving with significantly more cargo destined for Savannah.”

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Lynch said the average vessel exchange grew from 3,500 TEUs per ship this time last year, to 4,500 TEUs across the past three months. The Port of Savannah handled 776,067 TEUs of loaded and empty exports in the first quarter, while import trade totalled 766,525 TEUs. Loaded containers represented 70 percent of the total container trade.

In intermodal rail, GPA grew lifts 6.4 percent in the first quarter. Counting all rail cargo moved through Garden City Terminal, the Appalachian Regional Port and GPA’s pop-up container yards, rail lifts totalled nearly 146,000 for the three-month period, an increase of 8,775.

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Slovenian Labelling Supporting Food and Beverage Supply Chain

Slovenian labeling software company chosen for100 leading software and technology providers supporting the global food and beverage supply chain

Slovenian company  EuroPlus  has been chosen as one of the FL 100+, food logistics annual list of the top 100-plus software and technology providers to the food and beverage industry. The goal of the list is to ultimately serve as a resource guide for the stakeholders in the global food and beverage supply chain. 

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The list of software and technology providers endeavours to benefit the industry in multiple ways, from reducing food waste and extending shelf life, to facilitating safe and sanitary transportation of product while assuring regulatory compliance.

The impact of software and technology on the global food supply chain is truly profound, software solution providers, equipment manufacturers and numerous technology innovations are supporting growth in our industry while concurrently lowering operating costs, improving productivity and enhancing visibility from farm to fork.

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lone worker safety app released on the Google Play Store

Guardian24, has announced the release of their lone worker protection app on the Google Play Store. Installing the app directly from the play store provides users with a quicker and easier download of the app. It also gives the user automatic notifications when a new version of the app is released or when an upgrade is available.

This Lone Worker Safety service used to protect staff when lone working, traveling to and from work, visiting clients in their homes and businesses and when working in isolation on remote sites. It allows lone workers to log in and out of daily tasks, leaving details of their location and the expected duration (logging an activity). If an activity overruns Guardian24 will automatically call the lone worker to verify their safety. If the lone worker cannot be reached a nominated respondent will be notified informing them of the overrun activity. At this stage an agreed protocol will be followed to verify the lone worker’s safety and location.

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4K TV Demand To Grow at 72% CAGR Until 2018

The worldwide television market is forecast to grow to 234 million units this year, representing a 3% growth from last year, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting. However, this year is projected to see a 4% fall in trade value to $97 billion, reflecting a decline in average retail prices from $652 to $608. Is the 3D market dead, wait and see resellers and dealers have their own view.

"The anticipated boost from the World Cup in the first half of the year has been followed by a better than expected Q3. Europe is forecast to exceed 57 million units in Q4, with Western Europe enjoying 2% year-on-year growth, while Eastern Europe remains flat," says Jack Wetherill, Senior Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting.

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Apps at Barclays

The retail arm of Barclays bank is creating an internal app store for its staff to use to download apps, which will let them carry out core business functions and network with one another.

It's for business-focused apps that employees need for their daily activities, but also for internal social networking and collaboration.

The app store will also be used by various layers of the organisation, including customer-facing staff.

Many of the tasks that happen in the front line of the bank are app-oriented. They are specialised tasks like applying for a mortgage or a credit card.

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Kheradpir said the firm cannot upload the apps to Google's or Apple's existing app stores due to security concerns.

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Big tablets proved far more breakable than smaller ones

Bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to tablets, SquareTrade, the global protection plan providers have revealed. SquareTrade tested ten of the most popular tablets on the market today to find how breakable they are. The most robust tablet was the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 scoring just 3.3 in the breakability test, while the Tmax 9 HD was the most fragile, scoring a poor 8.2 in the tests.

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European Institute of Logistics & Transport RFID

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    The European Institute of Logistics & Transport's RFID Partner Programme is fast approaching it's fourth year in researching and promoting the applications of RFID in the supply chain. In recognition of this the supplier programme is being opened up again to organisations who wish to put forward their solutions for consideration and be put in contact with our members.

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PC Shipments Continue to Grow in EMEA in Q3 2014

According to IDC, PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 23.7 million units in the third quarter of 2014 — a 10.4% increase year on year and a clear return to growth for two consecutive quarters after a difficult 2013.

The regional growth was mainly driven by the mature markets of Western Europe. During the quarter consumer demand heavily contributed to an overall increase in portable PC shipments, which posted growth of 13.5%, supported by back-to-school shipments and preparations for the Christmas season as well as attractive price offerings of notebooks with Windows 8.1+ Bing. During the same period, desktop PC shipments increased 5.2%. In Western Europe, market trends were similar to the previous quarter, with shipments increasing 22.7%. As forecast, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) remained impacted by the unstable political and economic situation in Russia and by currency fluctuations, leading to a decline of 9%, while the Middle East and Africa (MEA) was more positive with a 2.1% increase. The increase in total EMEA shipments confirms the rebound in the market and strong renewals on the consumer and enterprise side, but this is still not a recovery as volumes remain below those shipped in previous strong years.

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EET Group Picked as Winner

Distree EMEA in Monaco  is over and Distributor EET Group picked up two awards in the EMEA Channel Academy Awards. EET Group was named Northern Europe Distributor of the Year and also received the Outstanding Distributor of the Year accolade for its business development in the last 12 months.

"It is a great honour to receive not only one, but two of these very prestigious awards from the EMEA Channel Academy. Receiving these prizes where customers from all over EMEA, together with an experienced jury with in-depth market insight, has chosen EET Europarts as the best performing distributor among thousands of distributors in EMEA, is just amazing and actually a bit breath-taking.” said John Thomas, CEO at EET Group.

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