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The move to rail: a look at China-Europe supply chains

Resilinc

Part of what is often called The New Silk Road, the freight rail network between France and China isn’t new but was initiated in 2011, according to CNN. And France isn’t the only European country with growing rail links to China. It’s growing dramatically however.

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The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in Madrid

Global Trade Management

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the Abroñigal freight terminal in Madrid. It is also Spain’s third largest source of imports, after Germany and France. China is Spain’s biggest trading partner after the EU, with bilateral trade worth around £16bn.

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Startup Via.Delivery Brings BOPIS to SMBs in the U.S.

Multichannel Merchant

Via.Delivery has a total of 64,000 pickup locations, operating in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Canada and the U.S. In Europe and Asia, alternate delivery locations at checkout are super well known, for instance, at grocery stores in France,” Nitikin said. The company, now based Menlo Park, CA, received a $2.1

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

Effective March 7, excluding origin payers in France, Hungary, Russia, Portugal, Israel (which will take effect on March 21), the following surcharges apply to outbound parcel services: Parcel exports from Europe to Canada and the U.S. EUR to 0.60 EUR per pound or 1.30 EUR per kilogram. Europe Outbound International Shipping Surcharges.

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

Europe’s highest level is in France, at 33.33 As well as high wage costs, France also has Europe’s highest number of days lost to strikes, which explains why relatively few international brands have based their factories and distribution centres in that country. Kazakhstan. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea.

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White paper: Are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan.

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White paper: What if you are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan.