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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. China accounts for about 12% of global trade.

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How Strong tradelane focused freight forwarders can benefit you

20Cube Logistics

Why Trade Lanes Affect Freight Forwarding Prices. In the freight forwarding industry, this classification explains how a shipment will travel from its source to the destination. If one means of transportation is popular, and many freight forwarding companies are using it, the prices are lower.

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Transformative Potential of Microservices in Logistics Industry

Shipsy

By virtue of enabling transportation of physical goods, having an efficient, transparent and robust set of players in the logistics industry is essential to the economic growth of any nation, and to global trade. Manage your Container Gate In Timelines and Reduce VIA charge incidents using SHIPSY EXECUTION. Caffeine addict.

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Tariffs cause bust-to-boom cycle for China-US trade routes

EFT

US shippers are rushing to restock and frontload inventories in the wake of the 90-day reduction in tariffs, and there are already signs of queues building back to China that could cause another period of chaos along the critical trans-Pacific trade route.

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The need to know

EFT

The need to know from Reuters’ global network of journalists Retailers rush to save US summer shopping season U.S. and several clothing brands are racing to secure China-made merchandise for the busy summer shopping season starting in late May after Washington and Beijing agreed to temporarily slash tariffs.