Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

In an interview with Arab News, Prashant Saran, director of operations for Amazon in the Middle East and North Africa region, said that the new facility will provide sellers with more storage options and help them expand their online businesses to new markets.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

MSC Acquires Bollore’s Africa Logistics Unit. The transaction will reportedly require the approval of various regulators and counter-partners of Ballore Africa Logistics. The multibillion-dollar plant could begin operating as soon as 2024. billion euros. and potentially other automakers.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. Now, it is predicted that 2024 has a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years. In fact, Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, named Climate Change as one of the top five supply chain megatrends for 2024. 2023 was the warmest year on record.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024. Although interest rates are widely predicted to fall in 2024, and the freight recession may end, the multi-decade trend of moving manufacturing overseas, especially to China, may be largely over.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Together with ZIM who was already diverting their Red Sea traffic, these carriers represent 56% of global capacity, meaning an estimated 17% of global volumes will be taking a longer, more expensive route from Asia around the southern coast of Africa to N.Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as some Asia – N. America traffic.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z The German Supply Chain Act (GSCA) goes into effect January 1, 2023 for companies with 3,000 or more employees and will extend to companies with 1,000 or more employees January 1, 2024.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ”[4]. As a result, Frost & Sullivan analysts say it’s time to look beyond the BRICs for economic growth. … High and growing inequality hampers economic growth and slows poverty reduction.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Companies will need to meet obligations under the CSRD by 2024. This includes the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The NFRD is being extended by the introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive which is aimed at increasing the quality and transparency of information being reported.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month. Such efforts indeed occurred as was added evidence.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

This has forced ocean carriers to avoid the sea and take a much longer route to Europe around the southern tip of Africa. Because going around Africa takes longer, shipping companies have had to add more vessels to ensure that they can transport goods on time and without cutting volumes. Canada was the second-ranked U.S. 3 with $42.7

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. The January 2024 reading of 50.0 increased 1.1 percentage points from the 48.9

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Near the Horn of Africa or the Strait of Malacca, pirates who had once seemed quelled have roared back, crimping sea traffic. patrol the Horn of Africa. 2] Drew Hinshaw and Daniel Michaels, “ On the High Seas, a Pillar of Global Trade Is Under Attack ,” The Wall Street Journal, 1 February 2024. [3]

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest updates on shipping delays in the Red Sea in January 2024, including which businesses and industries have been impacted. Which industries and companies are currently impacted in January 2024? The post Top 8 Industries Affected by The Red Sea Crisis in January 2024 appeared first on Resilinc.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Latest Developments As a result of the continued attacks, major container shipping lines continue in re-routing ships around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope to reach European and added destinations. Tobias Meyer, CEO of DHL Group indicated that the rerouting of ships around Africa is leading to imbalances in container capacity.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As a consequence, the top three container shipping lines, Maersk Line, CMA CGM , Hapag Lloyd , announced their intent to begin routing ships toward the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa avoiding the Suez Canal. The results, as the saying goes, are often reflected in history.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

None the less, Maersk , along with three other container lines have made the decision to temporarily discontinue Red Sea transits and again seek transits around Africa by the Cape of Good Hope , added days to shipment and estimated arrival times. That is in the light of expected excess shipping vessel capacity available in 2024.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2024

Later this month the nominees will be announced for the 2024 Oscars. It has forced ships to reroute around the southern tip of Africa, driving up the cost for vessels for the longer voyage, though rates are still far below pandemic levels reached in 2021. One category that has always been interesting is Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Will either navigate its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, or temporarily pause their journey and reposition them in a safe location. On December 7, the Suez Canal Authority estimated that only 55 cargo ships had rerouted around Africa since November 19. Paused all shipments through the Red Sea (Dec 18).

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