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Breaking: Maersk and MSC Jointly Announce Discontinuance of the 2M Alliance

Supply Chain Matters

Two of the globe’s largest ocean container shipping carriers, Maersk and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have jointly announced mutual agreement to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M shipping alliance. “ In a joint statement, CEO Vincent Clerc of A.

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Importer/Exporters vs Freight Forwarders/3PL – Levelling the Playing Field

3rdwave

Too often – make that almost always – importers and exporters (BCOs – Benefiticcial Cargo Owners) are dependent on their NVOCC, Freight Forwarder or 3PL (3PL) to provide them with visibility into their global supply chains. Controlling Information levels the Playing Field.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. In February, a new Stage I Measure was introduced, which tracks that average period from cargo ready to origin port departure.

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Global Logistics and Trade Programs: An Update on GSP and C-TPAT

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a program in CBP’s multi-layered cargo enforcement strategy to strengthen international supply chains and improve U.S. What’s happening with the C-TPAT reauthorization? border security.

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Supply Chain Capacity in Ocean and Air Subject to Uncertainty Thru Recovery

Intelligent Audit

We saw spikes of 50%-100% of cargo volume entering the US, especially on the west coast, which had put a massive strain on a system designed to handle an occasional surge of cargo, but not a sustained surge over more than 30 weeks.” At present, ocean freight requires a 2-week prebooking advance to get a spot on the ship.

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The Business Case for a Global TMS

3rdwave

Major Benefits of a Global TMS. Execution control provides the infrastructure that enables the transportation operator to manage, influence, and control all aspects of the global transportation activity from Purchase-to-Receipt or Sale-to-Delivery. The Business Case for a Global TMS. Execution Control.

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Transpacific Air and Ocean Shipping Space Is Already Tight

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Load factors—the amount of air cargo space that is already being used—run in the middle- to hi. gh-90% range at present, an indicator that space is already tight. Nippon Cargo Airlines is a significant carrier on the Transpacific Eastbound, and questions surfaced earlier this year about its plane maintenance. pments to air.