Freightos

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air index China – N. kg China – N. Freightos Air Index data shows ex-Asia and transatlantic rates remain more than 40% lower than a year ago though China – N. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) were level at $1,744/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 1% to $2,338/FEU.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

After running the game 24 times in seven hours, the group found that the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and other allies would likely defeat China and preserve Taiwan’s independence—but at enormous costs. How can the US prepare for a China-Taiwan war? What will happen to semiconductors if China invades Taiwan?

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. Taken together with reports that utilization levels are over 90% to the West Coast, though closer to 80% to the East Coast, spot rates still above contract levels and likely above break-even mean carriers – for now – are managing transpac capacity successfully.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. technology from helping China’s military. Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I also looked at changes in exports by the US, Europe, and China. The major takeaway is that there is little insight gained from this additional breakdown, except for maybe a more recent slowdown and amplified return to growth from China exports. However, China and the US were among the 8 countries where output increased.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air index China – N. kg China – N. And while capacity is not typically removed after Golden Week, this year a record 14% of scheduled sailings have been blanked on this lane so far, indicating falling demand here as well. compared to 2022 while capacity will climb 8%.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 24, 2022

But it was featured on CNN Business and in other business media because it had traveled 6,000 miles from Xian China and represented a growing trend in China-Europe supply chains: shifting a portion of container traffic away from pricey and congested ocean shipping lanes to rail. It’s growing dramatically however.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. Demand continues to ease into the typical post-peak season pre-Lunar New Year lull, but transpacific rates may be leveling off at a new floor as carriers work to reduce capacity. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 3% to $978/FEU. Europe – N.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

However, inconsistencies in service levels, including the use of inaccurate data, an economy that hinges on the state of foreign markets (think China), and changes to regulations and labor requirements are continuing to impact the capacity of the shipping industry. Capacity Is Tight, Not Impossible. Cassidy of JOC.com.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Continuing trade imbalance between the US and China has resulted in squeezing container availability further. Last year, China already announced that it was taking steps to increase the supply of containers. The association said China has been producing 300,000 TEUs a month since September to alleviate the shortage.

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 14, 2023

The metals — gallium and germanium — will be subject to unspecified export controls beginning August 1, China announced on July 3. supply of both metals comes directly from China. With existing domestic deposits and expanding processing capacity, Exiger’s research and analysis suggests that the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our readers added perspectives on this week’s reports indicating that Apple has initiated plans for production of the upcoming new model iPhone14 to be sourced from both China and India. That would allow such sites the ability to foster independent processes from that of China.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

China says almost all of its major industrial companies have resumed production and that its ports are again running at near-full capacity after a two-month Coronavirus-linked shutdown. When it comes to air freight, global capacity is down 22 percent compared to last year, with further declines expected. Air Freight.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. This relative stability shows carriers are having some success creating a new price floor through capacity reductions even as volumes ease and fleet sizes grow. Freightos Air Index China – N. America weekly prices decreased 2% to $4.73/kg

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. With more than a third of global smelters losing money, there is a risk of 1 million tons of capacity being curtailed in the near future. About 73% of the aluminum cans in the US come from recycled scrap.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. There were more reports of upticks in ex-Asia air cargo demand the last few weeks, and Freightos Air Index data saw China – N. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) ticked up 2% to $1,020/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 9% to $1,587/FEU.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2024

Background Throughout 2022 and 2023, we have highlighted for readers the various indications of Apple’s unfolding China Plus sourcing moves. That culminated in our research arm’s published December 2023 Supply Chain Matters update, Apple’s Unfolding China Plus Sourcing Strategy for iPhone Production.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In August, China published disappointing trade figures showing that both imports and exports had fallen more sharply than economists had expected in the month of July. This is also having an increasing impact on China’s exports and, consequently, its imports of Western goods due to the growing economic uncertainty in that country.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. In mainland China, however, automotive production volume is on the rise. In 2022, mainland China’s vehicle production was approximately 26.1 million cars.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Capacity Will Grow Tighter. Capacity was stretched beyond limitations in 2014, and fleets around the country tried to optimize operations through freight reclassification, dimensional pricing models and freight consolidation, explains Jeff Berman of Logistics Management. The ELD mandate will further worsen the coming capacity crunch.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 5, 2021

Issues that attracted attention before the coronavirus hit, such as the impact of trade wars and how to shift production out of China, have been pushed off companies’ radar screens by recency bias. In this article, we introduce the seven core capacities that are the building blocks of resilient supply chains.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing USD4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. It took carriers months to adjust capacity to the new low-demand reality.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing $4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. It took carriers months to adjust capacity to the new low-demand reality.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 27, 2020

This drop in capacity resulted in demand outweighing supply and therefore, air prices multiplying as global trade needed to continue. This, coupled with the increased demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) from China, resulted in the general cargo market becoming a charter market, while passenger restrictions increased.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. China accounts for about 12% of global trade. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains. They have a fleet of over 250 container ships and a transport capacity of 1.8 million TEUs.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 30, 2024

The China Electricity Council said that wind and solar energy would make up about 40% of installed power generation capacity in 2024, compared to coal's 37% capacity.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2018

2018 started with China-US ocean freight prices increasing by 27% as supply chains came back into full swing. Some forwarders reliant on the spot market are steeply increasing ocean pricing from China. That said, ocean prices for shipping out of China are still well down on this time last year. China-US West Coast.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2017

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. Like the country itself, China’s ambitions are massive. The expansive plan covers roads, rail lines, ports and airports that will link East China through Southeast, South and Central Asia extending to Europe.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 20, 2020

COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture. Dun & Bradstreet researchers , for example say 51,000 companies, 163 of which are in the Fortune 1000, have “tier 1” suppliers in China, while at least 5 million have one or more “tier 2? Factors That Could Complicate Departure From China.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets.

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Vanguard Software

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Many supply chains based in Wuhan, China and the surrounding areas are grinding to a halt in the midst of coronavirus concerns.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

The air cargo industry has seen softer market rates due to increased capacity and shippers flocking back to ocean freight services. Trade between China and Canada hit record levels in 2022, with imports breaking the $100-billion mark for the first time, Statistics Canada data show. FedEx Express moves an average of 6.3

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Among the paper’s various findings were some key observations that we noted: China ’s share of S. At the same time the authors qualify that while China ’s share of U.S. sourcing from China, with a correspondingly rise in import share from low-wage locations, chiefly Vietnam, and regional trade areas, particularly Mexico.”

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 21, 2020

Not only have they affected shipping times but capacity – particularly air cargo capacity – has become limited as well. These capacity limitations are apparently causing carriers like FedEx to incur additional costs, making it necessary to increase surcharges for certain services. China (Parcel). Parcel Min.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

However, I’ve been hearing more and more stories about how the rapid over-expansion of many brands and retailers in 2021 has proven to result in all kinds of problems, specifically around additional inventory, excess capacity, and over-expansion of the workforce.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Growth expansion has returned across China and the U.S. New order growth reportedly accelerated at the fastest in nearly three plus year, which is a likely indication that this region has become the new go-to for China Plus product sourcing strategies. along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. The March value further represented a 2.2

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