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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

But with alternative routes and plenty of excess capacity available, operations should continue reasonably well, and freight rates are unlikely to spike to extreme highs. Together with ZIM, these carriers represent five of the top ten largest carriers and 56% of global capacity. Oil tankers have also begun avoiding the Red Sea.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

In France, Friday 13th might have been associated with misfortune as early as the first half of the 19th century. The two main planks of the GSA would seek to tackle non-market excess capacity and carbon emissions. UPS late Monday also said it had stopped flying to Israel. Civil aviation authorities in the U.S.,

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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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This Week in Logistics News (March 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

The deadly strike marks a significant escalation of the Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, which began in October in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. ” According to Laguarta: “It’s clearly a consumer opportunity that we are increasing in capacity. Germany, France and the Netherlands.

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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate. The added value of S&OP varies from one company to another. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

One of the main supply chain challenges is increasing uncertainty; this makes demand planning very difficult, especially if there is no mid-season production capacity available for replenishment purposes when a product should prove to be very successful. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

million square feet of warehouse capacity for more than 7 million square feet of total space and 38 warehouses. billion (2019) Headquarters: Levallois-Perret, France CEO: Alain Picard 12. billion (December 2019) Headquarters: Puteaux, France CEO: Luc Nadal 19. The acquisition added nearly 5.4 Revenue: €10.2 billion/ $11.65