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TPM24: Key Takeaways on Geopolitics, Technology and Other Drivers of Ocean Freight in 2024

Freightos

In addition to the Houthi threat to Red Sea traffic – which he thinks could persist even after an end to the Israel-Hamas war – he listed tensions in the South China Sea, as well as a general trend toward protectionism at the expense of the type of globalism most have gotten used to as possible threats to global trade’s status quo.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Chokepoints (or bottlenecks) are a term used to describe the most crucial strategic marine routes because they: Capacity limitations. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

In retrospect I’m pleased that I was blissfully ignorant of the fact that it would take so many years for even a single cargo airline, or container ocean liner, to provide an API (that is digital computer to computer connection) for instant rates, capacity, and electronic bookings. The Carrier Digital Revolution.

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24 supply chain experts & business leaders reveal the #1 challenge of supply chain management (and how to solve it)

6 River Systems

Also, globalization presents another hydra-headed challenge for your procurement network. Joseph Giranda @cfrrinkens Joseph Giranda is the Director of Commercial Relations at CFR Rinkens , a global leader in the shipping of commercial cargo, specializing in the containerized shipping of motor vehicles. And we had to shift fast.