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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond. Xeneta currently puts the Asia-West Coast spot rate at just under $10,000 per FEU, with some cargoes paying additional priority shipment fees of $1,400-$7,500. By October, it was up to $6,000-$6,500 per FEU.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico. Presently we have 3 alliances moving ~65% of global capacity.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

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Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025. California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023.