article thumbnail

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.

Asia 62
article thumbnail

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Globalization is not dead!!

Cathy Roberson

Source for the image below: WTO and UNCTAD for trade volume data; WTO for forecasts). .” In its latest forecast for 2021 which was published on March 31, the WTO expects the world merchandise trade volume to increase by 8.0% in 2021 after falling 5.3% Next week the post will have a bit more meat to it.

Global 52
article thumbnail

Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

He explains, “Collateral damage from a wave of cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian government websites may disrupt shipping lines and logistics firms, perhaps reigniting the worst of last year’s supply chain chaos. That flow of grain makes up more than 70 percent of Egypt and Turkey’s total wheat imports.”[10] ”[6]. .”[9]

Ukraine 130
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

[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?

article thumbnail

E-Commerce in the Middle East

Vinculum

It is estimated that about 90% of online stuff is sourced from outside when counting is done on Middle East countries. Some of the Middle East countries like Egypt and Iran are ranking at the top-most level as internet users. Shipping method. You should not reveal personal data to another source at any cost.