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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

This shows that shippers are capitalizing on new mode/route combinations that will help them save cost, reduce lead time, and mitigate supply chain disruptions and risks (such as labor disputes in the ocean shipping industry). For example, the Financial Times reported that U.S. Identify global trade opportunities.

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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

This shows that shippers are capitalizing on new mode/route combinations that will help them save cost, reduce lead time, and mitigate supply chain disruptions and risks (such as labor disputes in the ocean shipping industry). For example, the Financial Times reported that U.S. Identify global trade opportunities.

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China’s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

Elementum

This will include a rail route stretching from Chongqing, China, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland to Duisburg in Germany. If completed according to plan, it will reintroduce ancient land routes connecting China with Europe via parts of Central Asia and the Middle East. The second prong is the “21st Century Maritime route.”

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The Belt and Road Initiative: Rail Service between Europe and Asia

CH Robinson Transportfolio

For example, you might be surprised how beneficial rail service between Europe and Asia can be for your business today. . As reported by OSW studies , China determined that rail service between western China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Europe would best serve the unique needs of these manufacturers. Investment in rail infrastructure.

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2023 Sanctions Trends

Exiger Perspectives

As Russia attempts to minimize the impact of Western sanctions (with support from countries such as Kazakhstan, China, India, Turkey, UAE etc.) China has been supplying Russia with goods, such as smartphones, vehicles, computer chips, ships, and aircrafts. Sino-American relations are descending to an all-time low.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. However, emptying the contents of silos into the holds of ships is only one small part of the problem.