Freightos

APRIL 16, 2025

Quantifying the Import Impact Importers believe the potential impact on freight volumes to be substantial, with 54% of importers anticipating “serious to significant” reductions in their import activity. Eytan Buchman CMO, Freightos Group Eytan Buchman loves freight so much he shouts out container sizes while he walks around.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. What’s working for ocean freight (and what isn’t). Ocean freight has had a complicated year so far. Beyond speed, one of air freight’s primary advantages over ocean has always been reliability. Ocean freight is cheap. zschreiber.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2025

Most work in warehouses packing and shipping items, but about 350,000 of them have corporate jobs. China Tech Fight Widens After Taiwan Blacklists Huawei More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Jassy encouraged employees to “experiment with AI whenever you can.” Amazon is the largest private U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Shipping Routes: Clydebank Declaration. Signatories to the so-called Clydebank Declaration agreed to collaborate to support the creation of green shipping corridors between two or more port pairs. Carriers will be incentivised or obliged to service these maritime routes only with zero emission ships.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Manufacturers and shipping companies assumed that because of layoffs, demand would drop. As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. Shipping costs have skyrocketed.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 13, 2025

There were no immediate reports of attacks on commercial shipping by Iran after Israel attacked nuclear targets there Thursday. But shipping analysts warned that could change amid rising tensions in the region. GPS data showed container ships from Taiwan’s Wan Hai and CMA CGM of France in the area.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

China Tech Fight Widens After Taiwan Blacklists Huawei More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! trade negotiations with China. RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Trade & Economics Automotive High-Tech/Electronics Industrial Manufacturing Related Articles U.S., Reliance on China for Rare Earths Bloomberg U.S.-China

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. That means higher volumes, and likely higher freight rates, just when weather starts to turn ugly.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Low cost labour far outweighed any concerns about increased shipping costs, delivery times, loss of line of sight control, or issue resolution delays due to distance. The vast majority of semiconductor chips are manufactured in Taiwan. to eliminate unnecessary steps in the process, such as overseas shipping or shipping to middle men).

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2024

As recent times have shown us, political matters across the world can have an impact on shipping routes, thus affecting the prices of goods all around the world. The price of container freight rates surged while the entire world was having to deal with delays. Consumers dealt with skyrocketing prices and unprecedented shortages.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 9, 2025

Reports said the fires were ignited Monday by an explosion in the cargo hold of the 882-foot Singapore-flagged ship, built in 2005. The ship was deployed on Taiwan-based Wan Hai’s China-India Express Service (CIX) rotation of Kaiohsiung, Taiwan – Hong Kong – Shekou, China – Singapore – Port Klang, Malaysia – Colombo – Nhava Sheva.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Containers of fitness equipment shipped from Asia were delayed by major port and inland logistics disruptions. port backups, which added to overall costs and diluted margins. .

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

billion in supply from the rest of the world, 75% of that is comprised of four countries, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. Sally Cunningham - SVP and CFO One of the critical dates that occurred out there was April 10th for when things could ship before they received the retaliatory percentage of 145%. billion to $1.6

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

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. However, emptying the contents of silos into the holds of ships is only one small part of the problem.

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All Things Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

Ukraine requires more ships to relieve grain supply chain Last week provided some relief for global food supply chains as the first ship loaded with grain left a Ukrainian port…

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 9, 2020

The order required moving oversized equipment from Shanghai (PVG) to Taiwan (TPE) within a limited time window. Teradyne shipped 105 sets of equipment during the first quarter of 2020and in the second quarter alone they moved a total of 286 sets of equipment—107 of those shipped in the month of June. Our team at C.H.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 27, 2022

However, that initial online connection immediately increases the chances that the customer will make a purchase, which again extends the demands for transportation and shipping. Shippers need to understand these fees, also available in full detail here , and how they emphasize the value of a single source of truth for shipping data.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 27, 2022

However, that initial online connection immediately increases the chances that the customer will make a purchase, which again extends the demands for transportation and shipping. Shippers need to understand these fees, also available in full detail here , and how they emphasize the value of a single source of truth for shipping data. .

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Most companies weren’t buying from China or Taiwan or Malaysia like they are today.”[4] When a shipment of those black shirts in medium gets put on a truck or, even more, a ship, things go dark. ” Cognitive technology and supply chain visibility. ” He believes, however, we are on the verge of doing better.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

In my experience Total Cost of Ownership ( TCO or TCOO) models typically include some combination of the following elements: Unit price (Always the first item) Takedown rate performance Payment terms Freight and Logistics terms and transfer of ownership Lead times (order, delivery, replenishment) Other Parameters (eg. And what happened?

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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

It will feature the industry’s largest main deck cargo door to ease loading of shipping containers and out-of-gauge cargo. Last month, Taiwan-based China Airlines agreed to buy four next-generation Boeing 777-8 cargo jets. The aircraft is designed to carry up to 120 tons with a maximum range of 4,700 nautical miles.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

This should keep prices low and shipping lanes open. Typhoons can disrupt air and ship travel in Southeast Asia. But the typhoons will threaten Taiwan, China, and Japan, leaving countries like Indonesia in need of precipitation. This could be a record-setting year for typhoons, meaning heavy disruptions of air and sea freight.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

I moved on into many roles within the field of Supply Chain ending as Vice President of Operations for a Supply Chain company with experience working in Taiwan and China. The products were customized and shipped direct to store or consumers from China in what is now known as B2B and B2C models. Now more options are being studied.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Of particular note was commentary relative to supplier delivery times in June: “ Suppliers’ delivery times lengthened for the first time in five months amid issues with shipping, port congestion and staff shortages at vendors. During Q2-2024, the average Taiwan PMI value rose to 51.4 Manufacturing PMI® was 51.0 compared to a 51.6

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

In 2007, the Dutch producer of pushchairs relocated its factory from Taiwan to the free trade zone close to Xiamen in China. From there the pushchairs are shipped to local DCs in China, Japan and South Korea for crossdocking and transport to retailers. The local DCs also enable us to provide good service to consumers.

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

About half of the 132 containers filled with tires, were en route from Taiwan, headed to the East and West coast ports. “We Stage 2: Exit and Ship. We provided detail for where the containers were headed and Evans booked all of the freight,” Stotsenburg says. The post From Taiwan to the U.S.—Duty-free Evans Logistics Inc.,

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How Freightera compares to traditional carriers and brokers and online solutions, with pros and cons for each provider If you are trying to compare Freightera with other shipping solutions, this article will make it easier for you. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How Freightera compares to traditional carriers and brokers and online solutions, with pros and cons for each provider If you are trying to compare Freightera with other shipping solutions, this article will make it easier for you. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 13, 2018

Many of the key inputs to this industry are shipped by air—something that will be familiar to many tech organizations. Our offices in Japan, Taiwan, and Xiamen, China, enable a smoother flow of goods for this customer. We help a leader in semiconductor test systems to move tools into Taiwan from the U.S. for examination.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Freight Prices Going Forward. But even though this is effectively limiting production of 1% of the world’s global oil supply , it won’t impact freight prices. Looking back at ocean freight prices as a function of Brent crude oil in 2015, the correlation between fuel prices and freight prices is minuscule (-0.2

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. Conflict erupts between China and Taiwan (Andrew said this is not likely, and I agree – see my previous blog ). The good news is that ocean freight rates will start trending down somewhat.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2012

As the general manager of a logistics company, I run across shipping problems every day. Marty didn’t have a lot of shipping yet, but if everything went right, he was going to do lots of shipping. We didn’t do any shipping for him at first, but I kept in touch hoping to eventually get a sale. Ship Happens.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

More Resources Home July 30, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 24, 2021

One shipper had to pay $14,000 for a 40’ container shipping from China to the US West Coast. Another paid over $17,000 to get the same size container from Taiwan to New York. Most carriers are recording record profits. They are also introducing a $3,000 GRI effective 6/15. • Key Takeaways.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 17, 2024

According to S&P Global, seaborne containerized freight imports into the U.S. S&P Global also points to a “mixture of physical, political and labor reasons,” with the looming threat of an East Coast port strike paired with ongoing disruptions in Red Sea shipping lanes. supply chain activity slowed in April.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

Deaths in Hong Kong are at a record level as COVID outbreaks slow freight at Shenzhen and Qingdao ports in China. Very little freight is moving with prices skyrocketing and many rerouting containers to Ningbo. Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors. Rail freight through Russia increased 40% last year.

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