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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

But with alternative routes and plenty of excess capacity available, operations should continue reasonably well, and freight rates are unlikely to spike to extreme highs. 18th, 2023, Source: Marinetraffic Since mid-November multiple ships have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi forces in Yemen.

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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount.

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Make Freight Sourcing More Efficient!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Do You Have Hidden Freight Costs? Freight sourcing team article and permission to publish here provided by Katharine Barrios at xeneta.com. Freight sourcing and procurement is a critical component of the whole supply chain and is crucial to the success of the business. Use of Freight Rate Benchmarking.

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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

Carriers move shippers’ freight. For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Because of this, it is feasible for Emerge to provide freight analytics. Scale is Necessary for Freight Benchmarking.

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Freight Cost Volatility Impacts on Inflation – An Analysis

Freightos

The sheer influx in demand, combined with the variety of supply chain stressors, also catapulted global freight to new levels of infamy (although none perhaps as famous as the Suez Canal blockage). Freight rates as a forward looking indicator of CPI. Let’s start by taking a look at global ocean freight prices. Sources: U.S.

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Is your freight invoice accurate? A new study claims it might not be.

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Shipping freight across the world is a complex matter. But what is even more complicated is freight billing and handling freight payments: what a cargo owner is initially quoted is often different from what he later is asked to pay. A 2021 Cargo Owners and freight forwarders survey, confirms this. Lack of trust.

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High freight costs for importers means higher price tags for consumers

Freightos

You might not think about shipping containers and ocean freight when you click “buy” on your Amazon order, but there’s a direct connection between the two. Starting in July 2020, the impact of this trend became obvious when ocean freight prices shot up, and have continued rising. What’s changed in a year?