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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

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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Russia’s Arctic Expansion: The Future of Global Shipping

SCMDOJO

The country has a fleet of nuclear icebreakers, which can help open up and control Arctic trade routes, making trade between Asia and the West faster and cheaper. Russia’s strategic location between Europe and Asia places it in a vital position for trade.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 22-26, 2016)

Talking Logistics

G6 axes more Asia-North Europe capacity as carriers prepare for a ‘bleak’ October (The Loadstar). Symphony Commerce raises $11 million to help brands offer faster shipping (TechCrunch). ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 2.1% Global [container trade] growth in 2016 set to be the third weakest this century (Lloyd’s Loading List).

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Is It Time to Concentrate on Climate Adaptation?

Enterra Insights

Journalist Tim McDonnell reports, “A major paper released on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt has started a countdown. Millions of people in Asia, in cities like Mumbai, Beijing, and Tokyo, would be uprooted and have to move inland. … Dakar, Accra, Jeddah — gone. And in the U.S.,

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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

With its central location in Asia and robust air infrastructure, Thailand is well-positioned to move goods by air. The 2017 estimated GDP is $1.236 trillion, between Australia at $1.248 trillion and Egypt at $1.204 trillion. Thailand’s 63 paved airports moved 2,134,149,001 mt-km of freight in 2015. billion worth of goods.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

That flow of grain makes up more than 70 percent of Egypt and Turkey’s total wheat imports.”[10] As Ryan Hass ( @ryanl_hass ), a Brookings scholar on China and Asia, observes, “President Vladimir Putin is the sole author of the crisis unfolding in Ukraine. For some countries, the dependence is much greater.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

The KC teams in Africa, Asia Australia, and Europe are just not equal to that of their peers. I am writing this post from Egypt. Likewise, while Colgate, Unilever and P&G have built strong supply chain cultures with a focus on training, career moves and technical training, Kimberly-Clark is a laggard. It is clear.