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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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Red Sea Ocean Transport Shipping Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our readers with a further update on the ongoing Red Sea shipping disruption including added context and implications. Background Just before the Christmas 2023 holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

In 1966, HEINEKEN became one of the first Dutch companies to adopt container shipping. In 1966, HEINEKEN became one of the first Dutch companies to adopt container shipping. Decades later, they would debut a climate-efficient shipping route between their brewery and the port of Rotterdam. a non-alcoholic beer).

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This Week in Logistics News (January 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the past weeks, ocean freight rates have risen as much as $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships seeking to avoid the attacks embarked on long detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, diverting more than $200 billion of cargo away from the critical trade artery. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

In 1966, HEINEKEN became one of the first Dutch companies to adopt container shipping. In 1966, HEINEKEN became one of the first Dutch companies to adopt container shipping. Decades later, they would debut a climate-efficient shipping route between their brewery and the port of Rotterdam. a non-alcoholic beer).

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Red Sea Shipping Disruption- Developments and Indicators

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with a further update on the ongoing Red Sea shipping disruption including added context and implications. Background Just before the Christmas holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption.

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Preparing Your Supply Chain for 2023 – 4 Areas of Focus

Logility

The beginning of the year saw us dealing with supply shortages as product was caught up in containers, as suppliers dealt with capacity challenges. A surplus of ships is likely 3. We expect shipping costs to drop in 2023 as we see a rush of new vessels next year. Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022.