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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

Fast moving forward into 2022 ongoing widespread congestions in ports, container shortages, and volatile shifts in demand for goods from Western economies causing freight rates to skyrocket ended up adding extreme pressure on the main cost drivers of the ocean side of the supply chains and beyond. Lauritzen Chile S.A. among others”.

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Imported Produce Volume Outpaces Home-Grown

DAT Solutions

There is a shift underway right now in the refrigerated freight segment. More restaurant spending, more contract freight. Restaurants are far more likely to order from large food service suppliers, rather than the type of distributor -- or even a consortium of growers -- that might service grocery stores. and Mexico.