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Industry Insights: Cargo Vessel Blocks Suez Canal - Impact on Supply Chain

EnVista

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, a cargo ship became wedged in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, halting marine traffic from one of the busiest waterways in the world. The 224,000-ton vessel measuring nearly four football fields in length, suffered poor weather conditions including 40-knot winds and a sandstorm that caused low visibility.

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The Consequences of Supply Chain Constipation

Enterra Insights

As most adults know, constipation involves the difficult passage of necessary items through the tail end of the body’s supply chain. Nearly a week ago, a cargo ship — which if it stood on its end would be taller than either the Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower — ran aground in the canal completely blocking the waterway.

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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

February 2023 saw supply chain struggles continue across Asia and Europe due to dwindling energy supplies, ongoing effects of COVID-19, high inflation, and more. Asia Energy Crisis Currently, both China and Pakistan are suffering a major energy crunch from dwindling energy supplies and high global gas prices.

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Cargo Owners for Zero Emissions Vessels (coZEV) launched the Roadmap to 2040 which includes the creation of a new maritime freight buyers alliance, a cargo owner policy coalition, and a green corridor advisory board to enable full decarbonisation of ocean freight. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – December-January 2023.

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Globalization is not dead!!

Cathy Roberson

Welcome to Rethinking Supply Chains by me, Cathy Roberson. I write for publications such as the Journal of Commerce and Air Cargo World. I also do random supply chain projects for folks. How supply chains are evolving has always fascinated me so I plan to focus on this in upcoming posts. in 2020. .”

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . 25, second largest increase after Egypt, which climbs six spots. In the 50 country rankings, Brazil slips two spots to No.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ). Forget cloud, social, and mobile. Forget WMS and TMS. Forget BI and analytics.