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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

For shippers large and small, the multi-billion-dollar infrastructural project could bring huge opportunities for improving the efficiency of global supply chains—providing they do their homework first. Source: World Economic Forum, [link]. Here’s an overview of the global trade possibilities and potential for the “new Silk Road.”.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Hybrid warfare, the strategy of using means other than military force to wage war on a nation, includes economic pressure to destabilize economies. Pipelines are the economic lifelines of such former Soviet republics as Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan that live off energy exports. Moscow would become master of the Caspian basin.

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Freight In The Year Of The Monkey

Freightos

China will have the lead, connecting economies like Azerbaijan and Ukraine to the international market, but OBOR will bring new logistics origins online. Image Source: Brics-Info.org. The flip side is that if Amazon can drive real efficiencies with technology, forwarders specializing in China-US lanes may get pushed out.

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Turkey Earthquake: Key Industries, Exports, and Sites Impacted

Resilinc

In total 15 countries were affected including Syria (which also declared a state of emergency), Cyprus, Lebanon, Jourdan, Palestine, Egypt, Southern Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. BP Azerbaijan, the Azeri unit of BP Plc.,

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Azerbaijan. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. In order to create the required agility hightech companies need to apply a postponement strategy with customization per country and on demand 3D printing. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda.