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

Resilinc

The freight train that arrived in the Parisian rail hub of Valenton in early January wasn’t an especially large one—at 34 containers, it carried just 20% of the load of a typical intermodal freight train. And France isn’t the only European country with growing rail links to China.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

For instance, the hangover from the pandemic, which has not yet permitted ocean freight from China to return to anything like normal service, is a problem that continued COVID outbreaks and associated port closures are exacerbating. Kazakhstan in Tit for Tat Spat Over Russia Sanctions. The issues don’t stop there, however.

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

TMC

suppliers of frozen chicken to Kazakhstan began shipping product via the Black Sea and onward through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and across the Caspian Sea, to bypass trade restrictions imposed by Russia. It’s also important to have access to local expertise when evaluating ways to shift freight to the new Silk Road. Financial Times, [link].

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

TMC

suppliers of frozen chicken to Kazakhstan began shipping product via the Black Sea and onward through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and across the Caspian Sea, to bypass trade restrictions imposed by Russia. It’s also important to have access to local expertise when evaluating ways to shift freight to the new Silk Road.

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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. The journey was a test run to assess the viability of adding Spain to a route that already links China with Germany five times a week.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Kazakhstan. Faroe Islands.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. According to the figures by Armstrong & Associates for 2012 to 2013, global 3PL revenues rose only modestly (by 2.7%), while the growth rate in Germany was just 0.87% and a meagre 0.01% in Europe as a whole. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories.