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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. Netherlands. New Caledonia.

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Benchmark diesel price now at its highest level in almost a year after big jump

Freight Waves

Retail prices as measured both by the weekly DOE/EIA price and other sources of information on what is going on at the pump levels all point to higher levels being paid by diesel consumers. It is controlled in part by Iran, and in part by Oman). The price is now at its highest level since July 22, 2024, when it was $3.779/g.

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Interoceanic Passages

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This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively. billion of its total revenue in the fiscal year 2014, placing it as the third-largest source of income in the nation.

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The need to know

EFT

European truckmakers tackle rare-earths bottleneck with stockpiling, supply chain shifts European truckmaker Volvo Group has been seeking alternative sources of rare earths and Daimler Trucks has been building inventories to deal with supply issues linked to Chinese export curbs, saying lessons had been learned from the chip crisis.

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Oil prices are higher out of the gate after Iran attack, but increase isn’t gigantic

Freight Waves

A Reuters report from 2023 , quoting various sources, said about 20% of the world’s roughly 103 million b/d of consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz every day. Part of it is Iranian territorial waters; the other portion is the territorial waters of Oman. The Strait of Hormuz is not international waters.

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U.K. Navy Issues Rare Warning to Ships Near Vital Hormuz Strait

Supply Chain Brain

Vessels are advised to transit the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Straits of Hormuz with caution.” Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?