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Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

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More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

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For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. Exploring alternative shipping routes and modalities, including air cargo, is crucial despite the higher costs.

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Addressing Challenges in Global Logistics Operations with Technology

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This shift is more prominent in North America as they have typically, bigger houses and therefore, more scope for concepts such as a home gym and home office. This meant a huge movement of goods from East Asia to Western Europe and America, creating an asymmetry in demand as well as freight rates.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

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It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Download Now! parts per million.

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How Retailers in the US Can Step Up Their Delivery Game

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Download our casestudy to learn how to eliminate human dependency for your Retail business. Download the Casestudy. percent in North America in 2022. Retailers need to find ways to make sure timely deliveries are their number one priority. Forecasts suggest that online sales for the holiday period would grow by about 2.5

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TIA adds VPs to enhance membership and government affairs

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TIA is North America's leading association for freight brokers and 3PLs, with more than 1,700 members. Topics include Carrier Selection, Cargo Claims, Combating Fraud, Government Freight, and more. To see the dues for a company of your size, or to apply for membership, download the TIA Membership Application.

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Logistics Technology and Startup Roundup: Q1 2016

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DOWNLOAD THE FULL STUDY HERE Logistics Technology Updates. Amazon leased 20 Boeing 767s for North America fulfillment in an effort to reduce shipping costs, which hit $8.7 A British aviation service company ordered 12 Lockheed-Martin blimps , each capable of carrying 47,000 pounds (20% of a 747’s cargo capacity).