Enterra Insights

MAY 21, 2024

Just to start with the most basic point about it, sea trade has been the largest carrier of cargo in the history of the world. In fact, even the land-bound parts of the Silk Road didn’t see as much cargo and trade-goods moving along it as the oceans and seas have.” In 2020, waterborne shipping carried more tonnage (nearly 1.5

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Freightos

MAY 26, 2015

So here are 10,000 words that prove, beyond any doubt, just how vast the global supply chain is: 1: Global ship traffic…from space. The ocean looks like a desolate place, until you see how active global shipping paths are. 2: The Life of a Shipping Container. 4: The Evolution of Global Shipping. 9: UPS Daily.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In just one day (30 November) there were at least 13 articles breaking down what it means for for Serbia , Africa , North East Asia , and the whole world , with a variety of perspectives from the railway , maritime , political affairs , financial , capital and gadget press. SPECIAL FEATURE: FIVE TRENDS TO SHAPE THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The world’s oceans have been a vital part of global trade since humans first launched ships from shore. As a result, maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. In this concluding article, I want to discuss how climate change risks are adding to challenges faced by shipping firms and their clients.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest updates on shipping delays in the Red Sea in January 2024, including which businesses and industries have been impacted. This response is driven by ongoing threats to crew and cargo safety, necessitating the rerouting of ships around the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in substantial delays and escalated shipping costs.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). Shipping Alliances Shore Up Industry, Unsettle Customers (WSJ – sub. It could also have tracking and payment options to speed up the entire shipping process. Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times).

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20Cube Logistics

APRIL 9, 2020

We are in regular touch with our shipping lines, Govt. We, through our location offices in Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa, China and Dubai including India are sending regular updates that will help our customers globally, make arrangements for their consignments to be delivered to the final destination.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Drought in China Impact on Supply Chain The Yangtze River Basin, home to Asia’s longest river, boasts a staggering annual cargo volume of over 3 billion tonnes. This drought impacted hydropower, disrupted shipping, and affected five million people in southern China, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

At the beginning of this year, all expectations were for rates to remain flat, perhaps even making air freight a viable alternative to ocean shipping for companies that wouldn’t ordinarily consider the option. Using passenger airliners to provide cargo-only services. The High Cost of Sustainable Shipping. sulphur content.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Cosco, China Shipping Group in Advanced Merger Talks (WSJ – sub. Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). In the darkness, in the silence, I missed my dad, again. — In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… DSV agrees to acquire UTi Worldwide Inc.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 23, 2025

Qantas Freight said it will deploy an Airbus A330-200 converted freighter twice per week between Sydney and Shanghai to meet shipping demand for direct service. Previous service between the cities has utilized two Boeing 747-400 cargo jets under an operating lease with U.S.-based and South Africa on CargoAi’s neutral platform.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. Revenue: $14.2 Revenue: JP¥ 1,829 billion/ $16.5

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It has forced a number of companies to re-route cargo around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, adding days to journeys. But one major shipping firm claimed the disruption will not lead to empty shelves in shops. But one major shipping firm claimed the disruption will not lead to empty shelves in shops.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Content Summary: Cargill Launches Effort to Prevent Child Labor in West Africa. Content Summary: First Self-Sailing Electric Cargo Ship Set to Launch. It’s believed to be the first autonomous and fully electric cargo ship, and it’s estimated that it could save up to 40,000 truck journeys per year.

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Techgistics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

inVia , another startup, claims to be the first goods to box picking robot where the robot picks from the shelf and places directly into a shipping box. Zipline and Matternet are two drone startups working on urgent and life-saving shipments.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2024

The Glovis Sun — carrying a couple thousand cars as its cargo — had recently traveled around Southern Africa, before arriving at the Port of Zeebrugge on July 18.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

There are other risks as well: logistics in these regions (especially Africa and Chile). Another a rticle in the same edition of the Economist s uggests that there are significant bottlenecks in Africa at bridges crossing rivers and other problems such as corruption to gain access to roads.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

One manifestation of this problem is that multiple ports on the east coast are deepening their approach channels in order to attract bigger cargo ships. The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic. The UN agency UNICEF is coordinating with key suppliers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 29, 2024

During a recent storm, 22-foot-swells slammed into the vessel every 15 seconds, cracking the hull and breaking the ship into four pieces.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Top Five Air Cargo Carriers. The top five air cargo carriers by weight, according to the IATA , are: Fedex. As the biggest air cargo carrier by weight, Fedex had a revenue of $44.3 To support its air cargo business, Fedex has 634 aircraft and services 375 airports. Cargo makes up 30% of Cathay Pacific’s revenues.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Additional recent international steps to address the threat include more British Navy ships being deployed to the region, and US sanctions aimed at disrupting Houthi funds. Freight news travels faster than cargo Get industry-leading insights in your inbox. Some increase in transatlantic demand has pushed rates up to $2.16/kg

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Freightos

JULY 16, 2024

Asia-Europe utilization levels have slipped recently, and Red Sea diversions that mean longer transit times for European shippers also mean holiday season goods need to be shipped by the end of September at the latest. Bad weather off the coast of South Africa through the end of last week impacted transits through the region.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Unilever owns tea plantations in Africa and is using blockchain to improve sustainability and combat counterfeiting. As for Tesla, a blockchain partnership with port and shipping companies is all about improving supply chain speed and effectiveness. Shortened release times for cargo offloaded at Shanghai port.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Together with ZIM who was already diverting their Red Sea traffic, these carriers represent 56% of global capacity, meaning an estimated 17% of global volumes will be taking a longer, more expensive route from Asia around the southern coast of Africa to N.Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as some Asia – N. America traffic.

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

Per the contract, Eni will deliver one LNG cargo per month between 2017 and 2032. However, on January 26 th , Eni warned it would not be able to deliver the LNG cargo to Pakistan because of a force majeure incident. Ahead of the EU oil ban, Russia started diverting petroleum products to North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

The diversions are leading to higher costs for carriers using more fuel and more ships for the longer journeys around the south of Africa, and higher container rates for shippers. Longer ocean transits are expected to push some volumes to air cargo. Through last week, Freightos Air Index rates for Asia – N.

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Freightos

MAY 21, 2024

Even with fleet growth from new vessels being applied to add more ships to rotations and accommodate longer journeys around the south of Africa, carriers are still facing a capacity shortage. Freight news travels faster than cargo Get industry-leading insights in your inbox. Rates from the Middle East to N.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. parts per million, in comparison to the 1960 levels of 316.91

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Africa-based executives had by far the highest rate of reporting logistics shocks (48%), not a surprising result given the poor state of infrastructure across much of the continent. million barrels of oil a day go through the canal, according to shipping journal Lloyd’s. That’s about 7% of all seaborne oil.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Longer transit times have disrupted schedules and have carriers and port operators rushing to revise arrival slot allocations in an attempt to avoid the “vessel bunching” of multiple ships arriving at once that was one driver of port congestion and delays at Europe’s major hubs during the pandemic. Europe prices decreased.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptors that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Christoph Seitz is the Co-Owner of CFR Rinkens , a global leader in the shipping of commercial cargo, specializing in the containerized shipping of motor vehicles. “One trends we’re pursuing is blockchain technology…” We ship live crickets all across the country. Christoph Seitz. TastyCrickets.

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

With that being said, we are in ongoing discussions and have active pilots and customers in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America outside of the US. We are very excited about the increased interest we have seen from Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas, Pharma, and High Risk/High-Value cargo companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 5, 2024

Global maritime trade is already under strain linked to Houthi attacks on ships through the Red Sea. Container carriers are forced to take the longer route around Southern Africa, stretching capacity, lengthening lead times for new orders and pushing up freight rates. within the global semiconductor supply chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

There were 94 total losses reported around the shipping world in 2017, down 4% year-on-year -- the second lowest in 10 years after 2014. In 2017 the downward trend of large shipping losses continued, according to a new survey, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

The storm sank a cargo ship off the coast of Taiwan and grounded several others. Asia and Africa lanes, which may likewise indicate that more capacity is becoming available across networks as a result of easing conditions on the main trade lanes. Freight news travels faster than cargo Get industry-leading insights in your inbox.

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