Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period. Added Perspectives.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In order to achieve this target, CEVA Logistics is incorporating environmental considerations in a variety of areas of operations, from warehousing to transportation and procurement. He was also in charge of carbon management and accounting and CSR reporting. Photo Credit: United Airlines. million gallons of SAF this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 34th Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Background As our readership is likely aware, this report provides a snapshot of the U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The sixth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in August 2021 once again stressed the importance and urgency of decarbonising all sectors of the economy. Most respondents report monitoring their fuel consumption, which is a critical first step towards reducing it.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Wood pallets used for export shipments also contain an unhealthy level of formaldehyde due to fumigation, posing an unnecessary health risk for cargo handlers. While demonstrating their commitment with the straw pallet programme, they have also reported costs savings in their operations expenditure. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

You cannot rely solely on a general management risk reports but also need to develop a specific view of risks, such as halal risks. A halal risk report could provide essential halal risk and market intelligence for brand owners serving Muslim markets. A halal risk report provides this intelligence for halal certified brand owners.

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Resilinc

APRIL 8, 2024

These affected berths were crucial for handling tasks such as sand, bulk cargo discharge, and cruise operations. No damage has been reported at other ports across Taiwan, except for Hualien Port. Multiple wharfs at the port suffered bulging. Furthermore, an access road leading to the port incurred damage. On April 4, a 6.0

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. This Year’s Report Themes and Key Messages.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2021

As reported by the? Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing. Increase Stability of Transportation Procurement and Management by Partnering With GlobalTranz. State of the LTL Market. Journal of Commerce ,?

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The job of procurement is to ensure performance is as promised, risk is low and business objectives are being met through collaboration. Secure executive buy-in from procurement, supply chain and IT leadership. When suppliers are treated as partners, they can be a huge asset in times of trouble.

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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. The latest National Retail Federation report shows that N.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

The 24 crewmembers aboard the vessel have been reported as not incurring any injuries. As has been widely reported, human casualties could have been far more tragic if it were not for a mayday warning transmitted from the vessel and the efforts of bridge authorities to immediately stop all vehicular traffic just prior to the collision.

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Freightos

JANUARY 30, 2024

Judah Levine January 30, 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) increased 38% to $4,099/FEU. America air cargo rates climbed 11% last week to $5.33/kg,

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Judah Levine February 22, 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) increased 1% to $4,889/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 3% to $6,764/FEU.

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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. Get Your Custom Report Now!

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That is a huge success story for the air cargo industry and as promised it has brought significant efficiencies. Speed and Urgency : Air cargo is used for faster shipping options, and the need for rapid communication and tracking is more critical in this industry. Remember that there was zero airline ebooking at the beginning of 2018.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Judah Levine February 7, 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) increased 7% to $4,367/FEU. America air cargo rates climbed 14% last week to $6.06/kg,

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. This was evident with the creation of a new report from the New York Federal Reserve. That report is the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI). Cargo capacity exacerbated inventory shortages in the first half of 2023.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. Source: project44 Monthly report. Sea-Intelligence’s Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, continues to slowly creep upwards, increasing to 35.9%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Freight sourcing and procurement is a critical component of the whole supply chain and is crucial to the success of the business. Whether you are a BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner), Freight Forwarder or NVOCC it is essential that you get this critical component right.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

A March 11 analysis by trading platform Forex.com claimed that nearly 75% of all companies had already reported supply-chain disruptions, with more than 80% believing that at some point they would experience impacts as a result of COVID-19 disruptions. Retail shops and eateries everywhere saw their business drop off precipitously.

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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. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03) climbed 55% to $3,900/FEU.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

Supply Chain Dive reported that the company’s buying binge has not been exclusive to the U.S., In a continued effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, UPS has chosen to test out an electric cargo bicycle within crowded urban cities. Massive Inventory Levels Are Crashing Against Signs of an Economic Recession.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The planners could choose to switch cargo from a slow-moving ship to air, for example. And changes to the ETA are often reported much more quickly by Nexus than by logistics partners. These procurement professionals can look at how forwarders and carriers are performing by lane, and what the performance trends are for these partners.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Amazon Invests $4 Billion in Generative AI Online retail and Cloud services infrastructure platform provider Amazon has announced a $4 billion investment in Anthropic in a reported effort to become a major player in Generative AI. Google is noted as a $400 million investor in the start-up.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Judah Levine February 28, 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 2% to $4,809/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $6,709/FEU.

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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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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Judah Levine November 15, 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 6% to $1,711/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 3% to $2,421/FEU.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2024

Judah Levine January 16, 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 5% to $2,588/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 7% to $4,278/FEU.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

A Middle-East-based B2B online platform, Tradeling, launched last year with an initial investment from Dubai Airport Freezone Authority to help businesses across the Middle East and North Africa to procure goods from around the world.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 13, 2023

West Coast dockworkers who recently reached a tentative labor contract agreement were refusing to unload cargo that was originally destined to Canadian markets as a gesture of solidarity. The port further serves as a major import and export facility for bulk commodities such as coal, iron, sulfur and other bulk materials. markets via rail.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

The April report further pointed to some signs of optimism among industry participants for trends to hopefully turn around in the second half of this year. The May report narrative reinforced that that “the negatives seem to outweigh the positives in the logistics industry.”

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. Air Cargo World.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Judah Levine December 19, 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) fell 3% to $1,556/FEU. You can access our full report on the Red Sea disruption impact here.

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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

Judah Levine January 10, 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) increased 60% to $2,713/FEU. Europe weekly prices fell 38% to $1.86/kg. Europe – N.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,609/FEU. Freight news travels faster than cargo Get industry-leading insights in your inbox. kg last week.

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