Officials in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, which houses the world’s largest port by cargo tonnage, are tapping the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to boost logistics education and research. The Ningbo local government and MIT said Tuesday they are working together to establish the Ningbo Supply Chain Innovation Institute China, or NSIIC, the sixth such research center run by MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics and the first of its kind in China. Others include centers in Colombia, Malaysia, Spain and the U.S.

February 15, 2016 ・ From The Wall Street Journal