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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

A lot of this effort comes down to more sustainable sourcing, which tends to make environmental-conscious consumers happy. Egypt’s Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship. Starbucks to improve sustainable coffee sourcing. Port congestion has caused a lot of shipping delays over the course of the last year.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The canal is a key source of revenue for the government of Egypt, and it is one of the country’s top earners of foreign currency. Current traffic levels are less encouraging, and suggest that FY 2024/25 numbers will be even lower unless the security situation improves.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Interesting Facts & Financial Breakdown of the Global Logistics Market

GlobalTranz

Efficient logistics is an important determinant of a country’s competitiveness and source of employment. Since the construction of the pyramids in ancient Egypt, logistics has made remarkable strides. This infographic comes to us from freightXtension who are experts in cross-border shipping. What is a Logistics Framework?

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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

While in 2022 Pakistan received oil supplies from Qatar, Nigeria, Egypt, and Italy, this year supplies from Nigeria and Qatar are set to fall. Going forward, Pakistan plans to increase LNG supplies from Egypt to soften the impact of the shortages. Alternative energy sources such as wind and solar energy will take precedence.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.

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Disruption in supply chains is nothing new

Gravity Supply Chain

Container Ship ‘Ever Given’ stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt – March 24th, 2021 | Image source: Wikimedia commons. Think capacity issues, blank sailings, missing transshipment vessels, in-country strikes, extreme weather, and geopolitical issues. The list is endless.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86