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Ikea warns of product delays after Red Sea attacks

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Iran-backed rebels have used drones and rockets to target foreign-owned ships transporting goods through the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Suez Canal. Shipping analysts Xeneta estimate every journey between Asia and Northern Europe could cost an extra $1m (£790,000).

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia.

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Alliances, Carriers and Logistics!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Beyond Ocean Transport. The biggest carriers are focusing on improving their value beyond that of pure ocean transport. HMM’s burden of high fuel costs will increase due to the US sanctions against Iran, OPEC agreeing to cut oil production, and increase in demand for low sulfur fuel oil in preparation for IMO 2020.”.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

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. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Measuring the Imbalances*.

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Freight In The Year Of The Monkey

Freightos

Freight In The Year Of The Monkey. China’s role in world trade is so large that even small changes can have a broad impact on the international freight industry. While China’s domestic transport infrastructure is ranked high on global indices (e.g. China-US freight is getting Amazon’ed.

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10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. Iran and Spain were highly infected. This Supply Chain mapping must also include your transportation service suppliers. And the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The US Men’s National Team is in Group B with England, Iran, and Wales, and will play its first game on November 21 against Wales. They also have faced tense geopolitical environments, unreliable and expensive ­global shipping services and supply chain delays exacerbated by port congestion and even inland transportation issues.