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The Impact of Audio Translation in Cross-Border Supply Chain Crisis Management

SCMDOJO

Suppliers in Poland, Romania, and Hungary emerged as key players. This served to dampen container buildup and accelerated the transit of time-sensitive cargo. Ukraine Conflict As conflict flared in Ukraine, companies with Eastern European supply chains had to change procurement channels overnight.

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The need to know

EFT

US demand for China-made goods ebbs on tariff worries; ocean shipping rates drop Rates for shipping cargo containers from China to the U.S. SZ) said it signed an agreement with Austrian steelmaker voestalpine (VOES.VI) on Tuesday, selecting it as the steel supplier for BYD's passenger vehicle plant in Hungary.

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The need to know

EFT

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Heat wave dries up Europe’s waterways This week, the Danube River in Hungary is experiencing unusually low water levels which are affecting shipping, agriculture, and local ecosystems along Europe's second-longest river, which serves as a key transport route across the continent. billion rupees ($497.30

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Heatwave Dries Up Cargo Capacity on Europe's Largest Rivers

Supply Chain Brain

Ships transiting the Danube River in Hungary have only been able to operate at 30-40% capacity, prompting operators to hit cargo owners with surcharges as high as 100%.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico.

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Blockchain and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Enterra Insights

Cargo Volume often defines the cost of shipping freight. To put things into perspective, that’s about equivalent to the GDP of Hungary. With the help of blockchain technology, none of these issues would exist to nearly the same degree.” Increased Efficiency. ” 3. .

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Shipping Container Shortage–Another Bullwhip Example

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province. In fact, the shortage in Asia has also led to a similar crisis in many European countries, such as Germany, Austria and Hungary, as shipping carriers redirect containers to the East as quickly as possible, said Woitzik.