The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

America weekly prices decreased 11% to $4.25/kg America weekly prices fell 1% to $1.66/kg. And while capacity is not typically removed after Golden Week, this year a record 14% of scheduled sailings have been blanked on this lane so far, indicating falling demand here as well. compared to 2022 while capacity will climb 8%.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2023

America weekly prices decreased 2% to $4.73/kg America weekly prices increased 4% to $1.78/kg. This relative stability shows carriers are having some success creating a new price floor through capacity reductions even as volumes ease and fleet sizes grow. In air cargo, there are signs that global volumes are increasing.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

America weekly prices were level at $4.80/kg America weekly prices increased 1% to $1.71/kg. Demand continues to ease into the typical post-peak season pre-Lunar New Year lull, but transpacific rates may be leveling off at a new floor as carriers work to reduce capacity. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

Despite these efforts, to date the attacks continue, pushing most major carriers representing over 60% of global container capacity, to alter their routes. For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

International transportation is dealing with ongoing challenges of tighter capacity. From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Drayage Capacity Issues Remain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. A redundant supply chain has spare or backup capacity, such as inventory, equipment, facilities, and suppliers, that can be activated or mobilized in case of disruptions.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 29, 2023

This shift is more prominent in North America as they have typically, bigger houses and therefore, more scope for concepts such as a home gym and home office. This meant a huge movement of goods from East Asia to Western Europe and America, creating an asymmetry in demand as well as freight rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“We have been planning early and leveraging investments in our people, infrastructure, transportation and technology made possible by the Delivering for America plan. And with no holiday surcharges, we are strongly positioned to be America’s most affordable delivery provider this holiday season.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target is increasing its use of larger delivery vehicles in markets served by its sortation centers, improving capacity and creating more efficient routes, executive vice president and COO John Mulligan said on an earnings call last week. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.

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Freightos

APRIL 6, 2020

Meanwhile, massive passenger airline restrictions dramatically reduced air cargo capacity, sending rates through the roof. WebCargo Sky , the world’s largest air cargo platform for live pricing, capacity assessment, and eBooking from global airlines. And, of course, then the potential recession started to tamper demand.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Containers from Asia were shipped to North America, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, almost nothing moved in the opposite direction. Trade routes from Asia to the US have become so lucrative that shippers don’t even wait for cargo before shipping containers back to Asia, especially when there is no cargo at the port.

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Freightos

APRIL 9, 2024

America weekly prices decreased 13% to $3.66/kg America weekly prices fell 7% to $1.87/kg. America have decreased by more than 30% from their February peaks, and to N. In air cargo, Red Sea-driven disruptions to ocean freight are still pushing some volumes to the air out of India, though demand is easing somewhat.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

America weekly prices increased 50% to $5.94/kg. America weekly prices increased 3% to $2.15/kg. America and 7-10% to N. America West Coast now 24% lower than its February peak, and prices to N. America rates above normal, with carriers reportedly adding capacity for the coming month in anticipation of improving volumes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The department has made two small awards from the “Chips for America” semiconductor manufacturing and research subsidy program approved by Congress in August 2022. Delta Cargo , a unit of Delta Air Lines Inc., But sometimes, branding has to take a back seat to sustainability. That’s all for this week.

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Freightos

MARCH 12, 2024

America weekly prices fell 20% to $3.97/kg America weekly increased 4% to $2.08/kg. America West Coast and N. In air cargo, Red Sea disruptions to ocean freight have led to some shift to air and increased volumes in February. America Freightos Air Index rates at $4/kg last week and China – Europe rates at $3/kg.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

It means being able to see where a shipment or an order is while it’s in transit — whether on a truck, a railcar, an ocean liner or a cargo plane — anywhere in the world. If you’re a typical shipper, 30-50% of your lanes change every year, and your demand goes up and down which impacts capacity, so it’s a constant battle.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

America weekly prices fell 25% to $4.23/kg. America weekly prices fell 2% to $2.01/kg. Expanded gate hours , additional trucking capacity – including from Maryland-area truckers – and an anticipated special New York – Baltimore rail service, are being put into place at these ports to accommodate the diverted volumes.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

America weekly prices decreased 7% to $3.65/kg America weekly prices increased 1% to $2.05/kg. America trade lanes – especially during the lead up to Lunar New Year – may have contributed to the more significant disruptions seen recently at some Indian ports. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 1% to $5,802/FEU.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[1] In January Panamanian authorities slashed Panama Canal ship crossings by 36%. ” Will things get worse? ”[5] Rising Seas Obviously.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2018

Following disruptions caused by bad weather in US and Europe two weeks ago, last week airport operations quickly returned to normal, and cleared any cargo backlogs. There are currently no air freight capacity issues on any routes. Europe-South America Atlantic. Europe-South America Pacific. WOW CHANGE. YOY CHANGE.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

America vessels will also be higher than usual as several carriers had already rerouted some services – that normally transit the Panama Canal on their way to the East Coast – to the Suez to avoid possible Panama Canal drought-driven delays and extra costs. America’s East Coast have climbed 52% to $3,900/FEU, 30% higher than in 2019.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

America weekly prices decreased 35% to $3.91/kg America weekly prices fell 1% to $2.03/kg. America continued to climb last week, though not as sharply as in January, with daily rates so far this week showing some leveling off. But even with the Red Sea diversions soaking up capacity and N. kg China – N. Prices to N.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

America weekly prices increased 14% to $6.06/kg America weekly prices increased 4% to $2.06/kg. Pressure from pre-Lunar New Year demand for ocean freight is easing, and carriers continue to make progress in adjusting networks and activating excess capacity to adapt to the longer journeys. kg China – N. Europe – N.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. Enter Big Tech. One goal, two different motivations.

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

America weekly prices increased 6% to $4.02/kg America weekly prices fell 4% to $1.67/kg. With alternatives and excess capacity in the market, it is looking unlikely that these restrictions will cause much disruption to container trade. America air cargo rates increased for the third consecutive week last week, and at $4.02/kg

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

America weekly prices stayed level at $5.85/kg America weekly prices fell 13% to $1.82/kg. The excess capacity that carriers were contending with before the Red Sea disruptions will now be activated to use more ships than usual per service to try and keep up with departure schedules and keep containers moving. Europe – N.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

America weekly prices decreased 3% to $5.56/kg America weekly prices climbed 1% to $1.84/kg. With peak season now behind us, transpacific rates nonetheless continued to climb moderately from their October lows last week as carriers seek to keep vessels full by reducing capacity. kg China – N. Europe – N.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. They have a fleet of over 250 container ships and a transport capacity of 1.8 Ocean ETAs are focused on when a ship gets into port and begins to unload its cargo. China accounts for about 12% of global trade. million TEUs.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. In total, rollover rates in transshipment ports were up across every region except for South America, one of the smallest for global and regional transshipment activities.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2024

America weekly prices decreased 8% to $5.36/kg America weekly prices increased 2% to $1.84/kg. Some carriers are adding Asia – Europe sailings to address the current supply imbalance, and others – despite overall fleet growth – are chartering additional capacity to accommodate the longer routes. kg China – N.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

America weekly prices increased 21% to $5.72/kg America weekly prices increased 2% to $1.82/kg. Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Ex-Asia ocean rates climbed across the board last week on early-month GRIs and further capacity reductions.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

America weekly prices were level at $5.85/kg. America weekly prices dipped 6% to $2.09. The success of those increases would’ve depended on blanked sailings and other capacity reduction measures, which now will be canceled as those extra ships will instead be activated to service the now significantly longer loops.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

America weekly prices increased 32% to $4.8/kg America weekly prices fell 1% to $2.02/kg. America have also started to ease slightly. The diversions’ impact on capacity, equipment availability and ocean prices for non-Red Sea lanes may have reached its peak as well. America prices rebounded to $4.80/kg,

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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

America weekly prices fell 8% to $5.36/kg. America weekly prices fell 1% to $1.81/kg. Most Asian carriers – Evergreen, HMM, Yang Ming, OOCL and COSCO are not diverting, so container vessels are still using the Suez, but the total fleets of the carriers that are diverting represent 62% of global capacity. China – N.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

America weekly prices were level at $5.86/kg America weekly prices increased 3% to $2.22/kg. America traffic. But those rate increases were likely only achieved on the back of significant blanked sailings by carriers trying to bring high capacity levels – driven by growing fleet sizes – to the level of demand.

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