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Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

Freightos

Just when it seemed that 2024 would be a very welcome year of “normal” supply chains, the Red Sea crisis proved that for global supply chains, there is no such thing. With this fresh in mind, how are small and medium-sized importers preparing for 2024? This is a significant shift from late 2021, when 93% faced serious disruptions.

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2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean

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Most notably, item shortages (purple) and stockpiling (red) were large contributors to 2021-2022 volatility. Container Shipping There have been recent reports publicizing the rapid decline in container shipping rates. In reality, 2021 and 2022 rates increased by multiples of the average over the four prior years.

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The Impact of Fast Fashion Giants On Air Cargo

Freightos

More Resources Home The Impact of Fast Fashion Giants On Air Cargo Eytan Buchman April 25, 2024 Navigating New Horizons: The Impact of Fast Fashion on Air Cargo Rates & Dynamics The intersection of fast fashion, globalized retail e-commerce, and air cargo logistics is coming to a head with Temu and Shein’s entrance to the US market.

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The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Since 2021 as the Green Corridor contributor, I’ve focused my roundup on the same basic categories. The number of alternative and dual-fuel propelled container ship orders out numbers the traditional ICE only engines for new ship orders. My 2024 predictions for these modes is that ocean shipping transformation will continue.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

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She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. percent in early U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

As a New England Patriots fan, this season was certainly disappointing, as everything seemed to go wrong, except for landing a top-3 draft pick in 2024. Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce. And now on to this week’s logistics news. percent of U.S.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Shipping Lines Warn Red Sea Security Continues to Deteriorate Bloomberg reported last week that the CEO’s of two major shipping lines, which being Maersk and Norden, have both of the view that the security threat level of shipping traversing the Red Sea to and from the Suez Canal has continued to escalate. percent to 4.5