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. If rain arrives in May as expected, the canal plans to increase daily slots with a goal of returning to 36 vessels per day.

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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. It has forced a number of companies to re-route cargo around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, adding days to journeys. .”

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Resilinc

JULY 6, 2021

importers of containerized goods, they may get priority access to containers and space on cargo ships,” according to Reuters. Compounding the shipping stress is the uncertainty about COVID-19, which is still surging in much of Asia. —has given Walmart and Target the go-ahead to import their orders directly from foreign ports.

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Freightos

JULY 11, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights FBX Overview Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices ( FBX01 Weekly ) increased 11% to $1,319/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices ( FBX03 Weekly ) climbed 8% to $2,376/FEU , and are 76% lower than rates for this week last year. In Asia – N.

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Freightos

JULY 5, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights FBX Overview Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices ( FBX01 Weekly ) dipped 1% to $1,192/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices ( FBX03 Weekly ) decreased 4% to $2,203/FEU , and are 78% lower than rates for this week last year. Asia – N.

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Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

The attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on cargo ships in the Bab al Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea have caused several major global shipping and oil companies – including Maersk and British Petroleum (BP) – to suspend shipments and halt operations in the area.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights FBX Overview Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 2% to $1,366/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 6% to $2,519/FEU. In Asia – N. Air rates – Freightos Air index China – N.

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Freightos

AUGUST 1, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights FBX Overview Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 12% to $1,527/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 3% to $2,598/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 2% to $1,992/FEU.

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Freightos

AUGUST 8, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 9% to $1,672/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) increased 3% to $2,667/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 18% to $2,345/FEU.

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Freightos

JUNE 21, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights FBX Overview Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices ( FBX01 Weekly ) fell 9% to $1,427/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices ( FBX03 Weekly ) decreased 5% to $2,487/FEU , and are 79% lower than rates for this week last year. kg and are 53% lower than last year.

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The Network Effect

JULY 16, 2014

Retailers rely heavily on these ports for imported goods coming in from Asia. Savvy shippers have also diversified West Coast destinations to include Vancouver and Prince Rupert in Canada where labor disputes are not at issue. According to the National Retail Federation, cargo volume into the West Coast was up 6.6%

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 19, 2021

I recently chatted with Ron Lazo, vice president of professional services at Manhattan Associates, for an upcoming Air Cargo World podcast and I asked Ron what his customers are telling him about their current and future transportation needs. “Customers want data,” Ron said.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

market, and as reported by the Wall Street Journal yesterday: Since the shipping company filed for bankruptcy protection in a Seoul court Wednesday, terminal operators, ports, cargo handlers, truckers and others have refused to handle its cargo, for fear they won’t get paid. China, Canada, Spain and elsewhere.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Measuring the Imbalances*. In the United States, the Pandemic has yet to Peak. Ocean Freight.

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Tompkins Blog

JULY 14, 2014

Retailers rely heavily on these ports for imported goods coming in from Asia. Savvy shippers have also diversified West Coast destinations to include Vancouver and Prince Rupert in Canada where labor disputes are not at issue. According to the National Retail Federation, cargo volume into the West Coast was up 6.6%

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Walmart in the news: Walmart Canada brings AI to the shelves. After a successful pilot program at 70 stores, Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with software company Focal Systems to bring a computer vision artificial intelligence solution to stores throughout the country. Let the holiday season begin.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

According to The Wall Street Journal, supply chain managers have increasingly shifted their destinations to ports on the East Coast, Gulf Coast and in Western Mexico and Canada instead, hoping to bypass any West Coast congestion. cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently. Roughly half of all U.S.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

According to The Wall Street Journal, supply chain managers have increasingly shifted their destinations to ports on the East Coast, Gulf Coast and in Western Mexico and Canada instead, hoping to bypass any West Coast congestion. cargo has flowed through the country’s West Coast ports until recently. Roughly half of all U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

This merger will reportedly include lithium mines and deposits located in Australia Canada , and South America and result in the third largest global lithium producer. In this edition, we include six added news capsule events that has occurred across the supply chain technology spectrum: Livent Corp. to Combine with Allkem Ltd.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

Radiant Logistics Announces Plan to Acquire Canada-Based Lomas Logistics. and South America, collects, cleanses and commercializes logistics trade data from over 50 nations across 5 continents, including key markets in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the European Union. Hunt Head to Arbitration (WSJ – sub.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Given that some Asian and South American countries have no compunction about continuing to do business with Russia, and that many companies in the West have trade relationships in Asia and South America, the sanctions have caught many Western companies’ supply chains in a stranglehold. But the problems don’t stop there.

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Elementum

MARCH 23, 2018

While relatively little cargo currently passes through the Arctic, traffic through the region is likely to increase over the next decade as shippers take advantage of freshly-thawed routes. In 2013, the first commercial bulk carrier transited the Northwest Passage, carrying cargo from from Canada to Finland.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Since its launch in the United States, the Amazon Flex system has spread into many parts of the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Their on-demand platforms provide for pickup, storage, and delivery of personal items and are aimed at helping urban dwellers unclutter their homes.

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Elementum

MARCH 23, 2018

While relatively little cargo currently passes through the Arctic, traffic through the region is likely to increase over the next decade as shippers take advantage of freshly-thawed routes. In 2013, the first commercial bulk carrier transited the Northwest Passage, carrying cargo from from Canada to Finland.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico. We re-engineer our supply chain as volumes increase, as well as continually exploring other ways in which we can further improve efficiencies, reduce risk and costs - for example by importing from Asia directly into Europe rather than via the U.S.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

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. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Service coverage encompasses North America, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Canada and Mexico. FedEx Supply Chain (formerly GENCO) is a non-asset-based 3PL that was among the first to develop a centralized returns process and proprietary reverse logistics technology. 2016 revenues: $2.91

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Lisa McCauley is the CEO of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance, which is headquartered n Australia but has offices in the UK, the US, and the Asia Pacific region. Since startup, more than 850 cumulative cargoes of LNG originating from Cheniere have been delivered to 32 countries and regions worldwide.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shipments from Australia, New Zealand and Other Asia origins to the US: UPS Worldwide Express Plus®, UPS Worldwide Express®, UPS Worldwide Save®, UPS Worldwide Expedited® – $0.57 While total net increases are expected to hit 5.9%, rates for air cargo should be closer to the prior year’s increases. per pound. Here’s the good news.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2018

The situation is especially serious in the Transpacific (Asia-North America) lane because of the sheer volumes that are moving. Load factors—the amount of air cargo space that is already being used—run in the middle- to hi. Most of the larger 14,000 TEU to 22,000 TEU vessels went into the Asia Europe/Mediterranean trade lanes.

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Freightera

MAY 26, 2017

In terms of carbon dioxide emissions from freight, the carbon footprint study from OECD shows freight transport emissions are expected to grow 320% in Asia and 315% in Indian Ocean and 273% in the North Pacific by 2050. This is from Eastern Canada down into Texas and these are several carriers. It works beautifully.

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