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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape.

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Unrest in India and the Impact on Global Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Recent protests in Northern India states resulted in the mass blockade of key roadways, national highways, and the railway system. The area most significantly impacted has been India’s National Capital Region (NCR)—which includes Delhi and the neighboring states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan—with millions of people affected.

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March 12, 2024 Update

Freightos

MARCH 12, 2024

Judah Levine March 12, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 7% to $4,419/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices(FBX03 Weekly) fell 8% to $6,107/FEU.

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Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update

Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. Rates to N.

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December 28, 2023 Update

Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Judah Levine December 28, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 7% to $1,659/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) were level at $2,505/FEU.

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January 3, 2024 Update

Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

Judah Levine January 3, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01) increased 63% to $2,713/FEU. Some carriers have added significant surcharges for India – N.

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The 9 th annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit is being held in Xiamen September 3-5, 2017 (the summit location rotates between its member countries). Robinson offices, procurement teams, and customers. BRICS summit.

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FedEx’s Sudden Financial Miss- What Are the Implications?

Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

A further factor was that air cargo rates are now down upwards of 80 percent because of lower volumes and excess capacity among carriers and commercial airlines. Revenues for the FedEx Ground unit, this carrier’s engine of E-Commerce last-mile fulfillment, came in at $300 million below forecast.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

In a similar experiment, the Indian government’s Coffee Board of India is using blockchain to monitor coffee supply, and has already received some 30,000 registrations from farmers wishing to participate. The Tea Board of India is now planning to introduce a similar system as an end-to-end traceability solution.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

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APRIL 1, 2022

Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers. European Plastic Converters ).

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2018

cargo ship Peak Pegasus made its way toward the port of Dalian with a load of soybeans. The Peak Pegasus and its $20 million cargo of soybeans continued to drift off the Chinese coast until mid-August , at a cost of about $12,500 each day it sat idle. Many watched as the U.S. But those costs eventually go up.

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What’s Looming for Transpacific Ocean Shipments this Peak Season?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

Accordingly, significant volumes of ocean cargo shifted to earlier sailings than normal, disrupting typical volume trends in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. Since demand to the United States has decreased from China and increased from Southeast Asia and the India subcontinent, many U.S. Procure enough capacity.

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Enter RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2020

These include: tariff elimination on at least 92 percent of goods traded between RPCs; simplified customs procedures to expedite the clearance of cargo, with a six-hour ceiling for express and perishable items; and easing of rules of origin definitions. RCEP Benefits for Singapore, according to the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

Unrest in India and the Impact on Global Supply Chains

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March 12, 2024 Update

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Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update

December 28, 2023 Update

January 3, 2024 Update

How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

FedEx’s Sudden Financial Miss- What Are the Implications?

Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

Supply Chain Risks Come from All Sides

What’s Looming for Transpacific Ocean Shipments this Peak Season?

Enter RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement

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