Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

However, at its heart, production in the Asia-Pacific region was severely curtailed for a period of time for issues ranging from the COVID impact on worksites to energy shortages, to port capacity limits. So, there was supply chain disruption. And there was no corresponding demand disruption.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A Freightos survey of 300+ companies sheds light on how importers have been navigating supply chain disruptions. A brief background on the “disruptions.”. However, since buying goods manufactured primarily in Asia increased so significantly, demand quickly outpaced supply. What’s changed in a year?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

West Coast ports continue , causing importers like Lululemon Athletica to delay store shipments by up to 10 days, other shippers are heading to Canada’s West Coast ports, such as Prince Rupert where cargo traffic headed for the U.S. The post Canadian Ports: A Fast Lane for Asia-U.S. has increased 11 percent so far this year.

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The recent Suez Canal blockage caused a sudden disruption in the global supply chain. This issue has affected shipping goods from Asia to Europe and the Middle East. How network optimization solutions help companies counter supply chain disruptions. That’s about 7% of all seaborne oil.

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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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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The 2021 supply chain shortage is the story of our lives today, as the enormous bullwhip effect of COVID continues. Much of the world is clamoring for finished products from their usual suppliers; but dwindling cargo space, skyrocketing transportation costs, and component delays make it difficult to keep shelves stocked.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 7, 2022

Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case procurement strategies. Supply chain disruptions Supplier breakdowns Unexpected increase or decrease in orders. Disadvantages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. The supply chain’s little-known weakest link: railroad workers. Nations aim to secure supply chains with “friend-shoring”. During Suzaka’s 500-mile voyage, the autonomous cargo ship performed 107 collision avoidance maneuvers without the help of a human.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Weight limits have also been adjusted, forcing some ships to unload and transport cargo to the other side of the canal via train—increasing transportation costs. The main countries affected by the drought are China, Japan, South Korea, and the US, as the Panama Canal facilitates 46% of container movement from northeastern Asia to the US.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 17, 2021

For global freight shippers, managing disruption comes with the job. Supply chain disruptions that consist of port and terminal congestion, shipping delays due to high cargo volumes, lack of labor due to Covid-19 and limited space have caused a myriad of challenges for shippers. Air Shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While not completely protecting them from the supply shocks that occurred during the pandemic, it allowed them to respond to their customers with greater speed and agility, manage costs, and provide options when a supply chain disruption occurred. First and last mile shipments are usually by truck.

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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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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

A March 11 analysis by trading platform Forex.com claimed that nearly 75% of all companies had already reported supply-chain disruptions, with more than 80% believing that at some point they would experience impacts as a result of COVID-19 disruptions.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As the logistics industry continues to recover from pandemic-era supply chain disruptions, shippers are adjusting quickly to the expectations of a new normal. Falling ocean rates and volatile fuel costs have logistics professionals across the supply chain searching for innovative efficiency solutions throughout their operations.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Another geopolitical event, the Russo-Ukrainian war disrupted supply chain operations in a major way in 2022. Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. and global economies factored considerably in supply chain disruptions. Both the U.S. and the global economy.

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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

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In addressing this quarterly shortfall, newly appointed FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam pointed to the following factors: A $500 million shortfall for the Express business unit as a result of unexpected volume weaknesses experienced from Asia and European shipment activity.

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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.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. No doubt this will complicate efforts to get products from Asia to U.S. All of this seasonal freight and supply chain disruption could drive rates out of the 'complacency' zone.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. 75% of companies felt negative or strongly negative impacts on their business due to supply chain disruption ( Accenture ). In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020.

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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 Imports among the U.S.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

As temperatures continue to rise, the intersection of climate change and supply chain resilience demands increased attention from businesses worldwide. From wildfires to hurricanes, the potential for climate-related supply chain disruptions remains a significant concern for supply chains and economies globally.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Zara also works with Air France, KLM Cargo and Emirates Air in order that they can coordinate directly with the airlines to make the outbound shipments to its stores and bring back some raw materials and semi-finished materials with return legs. Intel ''s new product development is done by the process called Technology Roadmap. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. She also highlighted the role that logistics companies play in the supply chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Robinson took our own planning advice and proactively chartered weekly 747 cargo flights from China to the U.S. Capacity on a 747 cargo aircraft can hold up to five times more freight than an average ghost flight. As the pandemic spread across the globe, we saw air cargo rates rise to unprecedented levels. Final thoughts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2022

The last two years have been full of supply chain disruptions as Covid-19 and its multiple variants have spread around the globe. Companies are now bracing for another round of supply chain disruptions as China imposes sweeping lockdowns in an attempt to keep the omicron variant contained.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Ningbo terminal was re-opened after about two weeks, but as occurred after previous COVID-related disruptions at busy Chinese ports , the cargo released from Ningbo simply added to port congestion and delays around the world. Delta outbreaks in Malaysia are exacerbating semiconductor shortages.

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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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USC Consulting Group

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We who work with logistics have seen supply chain disruptions before. If product is manufactured and loaded onto a cargo ship, there’s every chance that ship will be floating offshore, not allowed to enter a port because of pandemic travel restrictions and complex testing requirements. Summed up in one word: Chaos.

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USC Consulting Group

OCTOBER 20, 2021

That’s because the public is feeling what we who work with logistics have known for awhile — bottlenecks and supply chain disruptions have led to an unprecedented level of delay transporting goods from point A to point B. But even when the cargo arrives, ports on both coasts of the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

Reportedly, one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles cancelled cargo movement operations on Monday of this week while two terminals at the Post of Long Beach closed. Dockworkers, truckers, rail and warehouse workers in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Dockworkers, truckers, rail and warehouse workers in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

President Biden will announce the initiative while speaking at United Performance Metals, which offers supply chain solutions to businesses in the metals industry. Shortages of formula began to take effect last summer amid supply chain disruptions, product recalls and inflation. Last month, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. trade with Asia. Amazon has ‘over a thousand’ Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

This response is driven by ongoing threats to crew and cargo safety, necessitating the rerouting of ships around the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in substantial delays and escalated shipping costs. Rates for a 40-foot container from North Asia to the U.S. Similarly, rates from North Asia to the U.S. On January 11, the U.S.

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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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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The supply chain disruptions have contributed to rising US inflation — consumer prices rose 5.4 per cent in September, the highest level in 13 years — and prompted new questions about the vulnerabilities of just-in-time supply chains. It has already had to expand that space to 64 acres.

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