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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. The Drewy World Container Index , which stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container at the beginning of 2022, was reported as $2,120 by the end of 2002.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

“This dispute has left a damaging effect on our industry—causing extreme delays and millions in lost sales,” the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, as reported in the WSJ. “If If our ports aren’t open, we can’t trade. We cannot let this happen again. economy,” said Kurt Nagle, AAPA’s president and CEO. “To

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Freightos unveils beta launch of international freight price index (American Shipper). 2016 North American Freight Numbers. We cannot let this happen again,” is what the American Apparel & Footwear Association said in 2015. Trump administration re-evaluating self-driving car guidance (Reuters).