The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The EU has started to work on charting out a plan for that transition, but other large markets like North America and China will likely not follow them in 2024. Additionally, with high costs for SAF, it will be necessary to demand increased blending minimums in order to keep an even playing field for the various competing airlines.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 19, 2020

In the early weeks of March alone, we handled dozens of expedited LCL shipments out of Asia, working across 22 origin ports from 10 origin countries to get our customers everything they needed. Robinson’s LCL service includes weekly consolidations from Milan, Italy, to North America, with extensive coverage of destinations across the country.

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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. And 25 miles north, Intel Corp. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic. Businessweek.

America 52

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Significance. Significance.

Shipping 120

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

Below are the statistics as provided by Seabury, and reported in a Flexport article in mid-April: Capacity from Europe to North America is down by 52%. Capacity from Asia Pacific to Europe – down by 30%. Capacity from Asia Pacific to North America – down by 17%. Intra-Asia capacity is down by 35%.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Significance. Loading costs plummet.

Shipping 120

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

Import space out of Asia to the US continues to be tight, and thanks to positive retail sales, retailers are having to quickly restock to ensure they have enough inventory. From 2008 until about mid-2017, air cargo had been in a prolonged recession and airlines had taken capacity out of the market – reducing air cargo shipping lanes.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, carriers plan to reduce the capacity for the Asia-to-North America West Coast trade lanes by as much as 29% in the weeks following China’s Golden week in early October. Ocean Shipping Giant MSC Announces Air Cargo Service. Wary of Unpredictable Operations Costs, DHL Expands Robotics Partnership.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4

Global Transportation 52

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia. Sales by Region/Country: North America is likely the biggest contributor (395.64 Billion US Dollars), followed by Europe and potentially Asia.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 79

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In addition to Target, Amazon, Costco, Home Depot and Wal-Mart are among the large retailers that have chartered container ships to move goods from Asia to North America.

Inventory Reduction 62

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Optimism is reflected in United States , Eurozone and select Asia data and the traditional Lunar New Year holiday period does not appear to have dampened Asia based production levels for February. The index that tracks ocean container movement from Asia to Western Europe increased by four days to 110 days. reported for January.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

percent drop in cargo volumes. According to data from Bloomberg Intelligence , container trade for the Asia to North America segment fell 26 percent during Q1 of this year. Hapag-Lloyd , the fifth largest container line by capacity reported a 33 percent decline in revenues in its first quarter with a 4.9

Negotiating Skills 52

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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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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

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. According to the press release: Datamyne, primarily operating in the U.S.

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Elementum

MARCH 18, 2016

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which impacted parts of Asia, North America and Europe in late 2002 and early 2003, has resulted to a contagion effect in Asia, a continent considered to be an electronics hub. SARS And Its Contagion Effect.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Quotes from an overseas contact for Asia-US cargo: Ocean freight premium charges are now being reflected in the indexes provided here. • Even with capacity in the Asia-North America trade lane increasing by 13.9% New Covid outbreaks in Vietnam have crippled production and capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 A container shipped from Asia to Europe costs $9,000, 42% less than at the start of the year. percent of all applicable facilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Americold employs 17,000 people worldwide and operates more than 24 temperature-controlled warehouses across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. billion “Chips for America” semiconductor manufacturing and research subsidy program approved by Congress in August 2022 to ramp up U.S.

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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.

Shipping 74

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Nikkei Asia ). Imports from Asia to the United States increased by 40% from 2019 to 2021, while the volume of exports remained almost unchanged. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers.

Material Savings 207

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

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.

Waste Reduction 274

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

cities have launched Smart City Logistics innovations and protocols, following the lead of Europe and Asia. ? Content Summary: Trucks Platoon Across North Carolina Turnpike. This past summer Volvo Trucks North America announced a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology. Several major U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software 110

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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.

Shipping 60

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

providers in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, as well as other locations throughout the. 2,258 logistics executives from both 3PL users and providers in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin. Our relationships go beyond cargo. 3plstudy.com. web-based survey.

Third Party Logistics 99

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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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 108

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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., Companies still need to allocate working capital to build safety stocks considering the unreliable transit time.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Originally native to Asia, the BMSB was accidentally imported to North America in the late 1990s, and to some European countries after 2000. Reduce potential delays and impediments by keeping up to date with changing requirements and understanding the packaging and treatment requirements for your specific commodities.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

This agreement has been characterized by The Wall Street Journal as being the largest collective bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America. All existing delivery vehicles will be equipped with two fans and air induction vents in cargo compartments. economy and for industry supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Proceeds from this latest equity infusion will reportedly be utilized to expand this tech provider’s growth across North America , Europe and Asia along with expanded industries.

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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. Some carriers are looking at potential sweeper vessels to clear out backlogs in Asia ports.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

It has already wreaked havoc on supply chains, transport networks, and ports, resulting in a sharp drop in cargo volumes. Thus, even at the peak of the outbreak, spot rates were steady whenever the cargo was less. From Asia to North Europe, spot freight rates were almost 260 percent higher in December 2020 than in the past year.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 28, 2021

Four companies dominate more than half the manufacturing of wind turbines, with most production in Asia. Five years ago, the movement of containerized goods out of Asia was high volume, low cost and consistent. For breakbulk cargo, you could call to book space on a vessel for next week.

Supply Chain Design Software 70

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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. is a transportation management company that provides multi-modal solutions throughout North America, including intermodal, truck brokerage, dedicated and logistics services. Media Type.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

The deal, which Kraft said is one of its biggest tech investments, “increases our dependability,” said Carlos Abrams-Rivera, Kraft Heinz President of North America, adding that it should help make “sure we’re there whenever you need us … regardless of the situation that the world is going through.”

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. It serves as a detour for ships traveling between ports in Europe, America, and ports in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania. meters in 2001.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The trend is borne out in the 2021 State of North America Manufacturing Report produced annually by research and publishing firm Thomasnet.com. The ­report found that 83% of manufacturers are “likely” or “extremely likely” to reshore by adding North American suppliers, up from 54 percent in March 2020. trade with Asia.

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