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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

Each year around 700 million TEUs are shipped across the world keeping global trade and businesses running and more than eighty percent of global goods trade volumes are carried by sea, with about a sixth of that volume in shipping containers. in March, while the average delay for late vessel arrivals decreased once again to 7.26

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

surcharge on shipments to domestic packages shipped to remote ZIP codes. As ocean rates continue to plummet, shippers are increasingly diverting freight from air cargo lines to more affordable ocean transportation. According to Freightos , China-North America trade lane rates fell more than 40% YoY. .

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How Retailers in the US Can Step Up Their Delivery Game

Locus

percent in North America in 2022. Steep shipping costs: According to a survey , 2,000 US retail shoppers say that the top cause (58%) for cart abandonment is high shipping costs. Cut down carrier costs with contract management: Partnering with the right carrier will help you cut down shipping costs and retain customers.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

James Winebrake, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology There are a number of important trends happening in the freight industry, spanning all modes of transportation: trucking, shipping, rail, pipeline, and air. In North America the low hanging fruit for long-haul loads is rail. In the U.S.,

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Looking at the share of total weekly sailings being blanked on the Asia-North America West Coast trade, blank sailings clearly improved during 2023 and dropped below 10% in June with a slight uptick in early July., Certain shipping lines are investing in the last mile companies. The challenges to achieving visibility?

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Overcoming the 5 Supply Chain Barriers that Threaten the Growth of Renewable Energy

CH Robinson Transportfolio

That includes anticipating every possible contingency to mitigate disruptions in shipping. Unpredictability in shipping. For breakbulk cargo, you could call to book space on a vessel for next week. Port congestion is making it hard to know when incoming ships will be able to berth. Robinson’s for more than a decade.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field. Alex Bekker is the Head of Data Analytics Department at ScienceSoft. Big data analytics is promising too: it enables predictive maintenance for better fleet management. Three of the biggest are IoT, AI and data analytics.