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Bringing It All Back Home – OTR TMS Supports Reversion to Regional Manufacturing

Supply Chain Collaborator

Will the trend toward a return to “regional manufacturing” boost volumes in over the road transportation in North America as manufacturers move away from Asian overseas operations? With trade wars and tariffs pinching operational profitability, manufacturers are looking at alternative locales like VietNam, India and, Mexico.

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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

The extreme port congestion and container shortages that drastically reduced shipping out of Southern China last month have eased, but as freight volumes from Yantian and other Pearl River Delta ports recover, the rebound will send another wave of disruptions through the troubled global shipping network, according to American Shipper.

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June 21, 2023 Update

Freightos

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home June 21, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Ocean Freight Performance in August 2021

Freight Plus

Quotes from an overseas contact for Asia-US cargo: Ocean freight premium charges are now being reflected in the indexes provided here. • New Covid outbreaks in Vietnam have crippled production and capacity. is Vietnam’s largest trading partner in terms of exports. The orderbook for new vessels is extremely high.

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Conquering the world with shoes

Cathy Roberson

Imports According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers America Association, 99% of all footwear sold in the US are imported. The top three exporters to the US were China, 61.2%, Vietnam, 24.3%, and Indonesia, 5.2%. The majority of the imports are by way of ocean freight. In 2020, 1.9 from the same period in 2020.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam. February 2015 North American Freight Numbers. AWS revenues grew 49 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, while the rest of its North America business grew 22 percent. JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain. Ryder Reports Record First Quarter 2015 Results.

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More Evidence of Supply Chain Cost Inflation Impacting Various Industries

Supply Chain Matters

Global consumer product goods provider Nestle in its latest report of quarterly financial performance indicated that despite being able to raise prices for a wide variety of marketed products, higher costs for commodities, freight and energy continue eroding profit margins. percent in North America. The company’s organic sales grew 8.1