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Ocean Freight: Key Trends & Planning For Peak Season 2023

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See the latest insights on ocean freight rates and other trends that fast-growing businesses should know about to plan for 2023 peak season. In this article: Ocean Freight: Key Stats & Industry News Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 Freight Shipping From China & Alternatives What Are The Current Ocean Freight Rates?

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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

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A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7 The broader climate issue.and freight’s role. The emissions from freighting Shawn’s TV is a miniscule percentage of this year’s 33 billion ton cube. kg of carbon emissions.

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Supply chain in control with coronavirus

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It also impacts freight flows by air, sea and rail. During the outbreak of the SARS epidemic in 2003, I was an expat in Taiwan. The staff of all departments in the affected areas, which included Donguan as well as Taiwan, were divided into three groups. Luckily we were fine and none of us caught the virus.

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From Taiwan to the U.S.—Duty-free

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About half of the 132 containers filled with tires, were en route from Taiwan, headed to the East and West coast ports. “We We provided detail for where the containers were headed and Evans booked all of the freight,” Stotsenburg says. The post From Taiwan to the U.S.—Duty-free Evans Logistics Inc.,

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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

Changes like the turmoil in Asia (Taiwan & China) and in Europe (Ukraine & Russia) are currently impacting supply chains. Import volumes are 30% higher than pre-Covid levels and combined with worldwide labor shortages, disruptions to supply chains became inevitable. Learn More About The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain. S&P Global.

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Amid Peak Season Surprises, Worries Persist

Intelligent Audit

After a freight rail union backed out of the President Biden-backed agreement between unions and freight rail companies, shippers are calling on the president’s administration to broker a second agreement. and China over the fate of Taiwan are a source of immense pressure on the geopolitical and economic fronts. Meanwhile, U.S.

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Federal Reserve GSPI Index Drops Significantly in April

Supply Chain Matters

The authors further observed that there was a notable upward contribution from Taiwan stocks of purchases. freight and logistics recession , we called attention to reports that the Logistics Manager Index (LMI) for April reached an all-time low of 50.9, characterized as the lowest reported reading in this index’s history.