Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) decreased 3% to $1,499/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 4% to $2,141/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 5% to $1,400/FEU. Asia – N.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

As a Global Air Hub , Container Shipping &Transhipment Mega Port and Regional Logistics Node in Asia Pacific ,Singapore’s Trade dependent economy plunged into unprecedented negative economic growth. Supply Chain Resilience became an instant Buzz word amongst Policy makers and Industry.

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

February 2023 saw supply chain struggles continue across Asia and Europe due to dwindling energy supplies, ongoing effects of COVID-19, high inflation, and more. Asia Energy Crisis Currently, both China and Pakistan are suffering a major energy crunch from dwindling energy supplies and high global gas prices.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) decreased 1% to $1,866/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 5% to $2,884/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 9% to $1,818/FEU. Asia – N.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

A third of all cargo is carried in passenger planes. When that stopped, the industry found itself in a crunch and within just months, prices took off by some 400%. So to meet capacity, airlines started to convert passenger planes into cargo planes at scale. And it’s not just ocean freight. Credit: Lufthansa ).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2021

The Suez Canal Blockage of 2021 has cleared, and cargo is again flowing through that crucial gateway from Asia to Europe. While the immediate impact may have subsided after a week of fingernail biting, significant delays, and forced re-routings, lessons learned will hopefully stay with the supply chain industry for a long time to come.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, which launched in April 2022, is still intent on finding and investing in startups that can help the e-commerce giant deliver goods faster, while improving the experience of customers as well as the employees who work in its warehouses and logistics departments. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio Digitisation in the logistics and transportation industry produces efficiency gains for nearly all players in the economy today. Asia is not immune to flight delay and cancellation incidents.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The responsibility of sustainability is no longer limited to the individual, but it extends to corporations, industries and even governments. The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. Acting for Planet. The CMA CGM Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Freightos

APRIL 9, 2024

Judah Levine April 9, 2024 Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 9% to $3,294/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 19% to $4,309/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 19% to $4,316/FEU. Ocean rates from Asia to N. America and N.

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Freightos

MAY 1, 2024

Judah Levine May 1, 2024 Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 6% to $3,095/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $4,262/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 2% to $4,256/FEU. In air cargo, Freightos Air Index China to N.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging.

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Freightos

MARCH 12, 2024

Judah Levine March 12, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 7% to $4,419/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices(FBX03 Weekly) fell 8% to $6,107/FEU.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

Judah Levine April 2, 2024 Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 3% to $3,628/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices(FBX03 Weekly) were level at $5,291/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices(FBX13 Weekly) increased 17% to $5,307/FEU. Asia in March, where rates hit $5.25/kg

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance The shipping industry continues to evolve. In this article, we explore the pros and cons of the alliance model in the shipping industry, compare the solo strategy versus alliance strategy, and provide tips on how shippers can prepare for market swings.

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Freightos

JANUARY 30, 2024

Judah Levine January 30, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 38% to $4,099/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 21% to $6,152/FEU.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. It’s the right goal.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

Judah Levine March 19, 2024 Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 4% to $4,244/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 4% to $5,875/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 7% to $4,155/FEU. Asia reached $4.60/kg

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Freightos

DECEMBER 2, 2021

So in January, as players across the global freight industry were discussing how to navigate higher freight rates, delays, and capacity shortages , Freightos.com, a global freight booking platform and part of the Freightos Group, reached out to our customers to find out how logistics disruptions are impacting them. Start shipping now.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February. Nikkei Asia). Cargo Facts).

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Beagen is often called on for her industry expertise by major media networks, including recent features on CNBC and FreightWaves. gateway for trade with Asia reached the highest since the pandemic began, exacerbating delays for companies trying to replenish inventories during one of the busiest times of the year for seaborne freight.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 29, 2023

Going back 14 years ago, the logistics industry dramatically reduced capital expenditure in 2008 when the great recession hit. 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. Similar behavior was seen across road transport and air cargo.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

Carriers are adding additional vessels to their rotations and are sailing faster to keep up with regular departure schedules in Asia, but the longer return trips will mean more time required to repatriate empty containers and could lead to shortages at Asian origin ports. The number of impacted Asia – N.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Here’s my take on what caused this crisis, the biggest challenges facing the industry, and lessons learned on how to get out of it. The problems we are experiencing now started in March 2020 when COVID hit and suppliers in Asia shut down. . When capacity was cut, so too was the empty supply of containers back to Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. The industry consensus right now is that container volumes will decrease upwards of 2.5

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

The Energy Observer project started in France in 2017 with support from French industries. Today, partners from the logistics industry alone include Toyota, CMA-CGM, and Air Liquide. The team behind Energy Observer wants to gain better information for commercial cargo vessels by vastly increasing the size of the ship.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2024

Judah Levine January 16, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 5% to $2,588/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 7% to $4,278/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Judah Levine February 7, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 7% to $4,367/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) increased 4% to $6,373/FEU.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,609/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 7% to $2,357/FEU. Indeed, Asia – N.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Typically, 45% to 50% of cargo is carried in belly holds of aircraft. With broad-based support packages, targeting hardest-hit industries like aviation, coupled with support of a strong logistics ecosystem, reinforced by global players such as DB Schenker. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Judah Levine February 22, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 1% to $4,889/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 3% to $6,764/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Judah Levine February 28, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 2% to $4,809/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $6,709/FEU.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

This tends to demonstrate that the industry is hopelessly linked with a tremendous amount of waste and therefore linked to emissions which damage our planet. While delivering medicines, food and spare parts, Skyports electric drones by design also eliminate all of the carbon emissions and much of the danger in ship to ship cargo transfers.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

Judah Levine Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 12% to $3,728/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices(FBX03 Weekly) fell 10% to $5,284/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices(FBX13 Weekly) increased 9% to $4,532/FEU. Europe prices(FBX11 Weekly) fell 18% to $3,189/FEU.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Judah Levine December 28, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 7% to $1,659/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) were level at $2,505/FEU.

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

Visit our Resource Center Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 5% to $2,029/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices(FBX03 Weekly) climbed 3% to $3,075/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices(FBX13 Weekly) fell 1% to $2,313/FEU. August GRIs pushed Asia – N.

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