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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

The interesting shift here, though, is that there’s a whole world of alternative shipping routes. The traditional China-Northern Europe route alternative banked on sea freight to Dubai, followed by air shipping to the final European destination. In other words, ocean cargo costs would cost about $0.21/kilogram

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

Freightos

In fact, the hard reality is that looking back over the past decade, supply chains have been disrupted by shipping bankruptcies, wars, pandemics, geopolitics and tariffs. They should monitor the evolving geopolitical situation and adjust their shipping strategies accordingly. Most of these are nearly impossible to plan for.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.? Such congestion naturally leads to bottlenecks in planning drayage and eventual increases in the total cost of shipping, not to mention an added strain on trucking as the bottlenecks grow.? . Learn More.

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

Locus

The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Download our E-Book on Supply Chain Sustainability and Profitability with Green Logistics. Download Now! In the case of manufacturers, it means procuring green and sustainable raw materials. Green packaging.

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The Annual State of U.S. Logistics Report – Added Candidness and Need for More Synchronization

Supply Chain Matters

The latest report is refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs. entities as opposed to foreign owned entities such as global shipping and logistics companies.

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Ocean Ports Lead the Way in Logistics Technology Advancements

Material Handling & Logistics

and its trading partners that ships can carry. The growth of cargo moving through America’s ocean ports has increased significantly over the last two decades. Cargo carried by ships must be loaded and unloaded quickly with minimal dwell time in the port. ports doubled from 17.9 million to 34.8

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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping

FLEXE

I’m Nerijus Poskus — Director of Pricing and Procurement at Flexport. Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. So today and yesterday, there was not enough capacity, cargo was rolled, prices spiked. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered.