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Hanjin Bankruptcy Demonstrates Fragility of Ocean Freight Market Prior to “Black November”

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The recent bankruptcy announcement of Hanjin, a major shipping line, on the Friday before the last Labor Day long weekend, was a shock to everyone working in the global logistics shipping industry. Some of the ships have even been seized by creditors! bankruptcy code. ordered Hanjin to keep vessels in the U.S.

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SCRC Meeting – Patrick Fox from VF Corporation: “Creating a Global Trade Playbook”

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The diversity of the brands make them difficult to support, as they all have global supply chains, and the leverage is not the same. The volumes shipped by VF are incredible. The company annually produces 400 million units of products that traverse borders at least once or twice on their way to customers.

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