Freight Waves

JUNE 4, 2025

Based at Felipe Angeles International Airport outside Mexico City, Awesome Cargo operates twice weekly to China, via Los Angeles International Airport (returning via Seoul, South Korea, and Anchorage, Alaska), and to Latin America for e-commerce platforms and logistics providers.

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Freightos

MARCH 10, 2016

overtaking South Korea at 2nd spot for Asian supplier of containerized goods to U.S ( from IHS ). Venture Capital Loves Freight. The industry talk is now on how consumer e-commerce attitudes are starting to impact freight. BETTER INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT HAS ARRIVED. GET INSTANT ONLINE FREIGHT QUOTES NOW.

Price Reduction 120

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QAD

JULY 2, 2019

China moved 19.806 billion ton-km of freight by air in 2015. Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Import partners include South Korea, Japan, the U.S., China has 4,338,600 km of paved roadways, including 136,500 km of expressways allowing goods to move freely around the country. China also has 47 commercial heliports.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Japan has more than 175 airports; 142 with paved runways and most of them capable of handling freight planes and jets. There are 23 air carriers registered in the country, and they moved 8,868,745,000 mt-km of freight in 2015. China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. Australia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 29, 2025

International During UPS’ Q1 earnings call, it noted that healthcare average daily net revenue was up 5% year-over-year and cited combined healthcare and general exports from South Korea to the US, up 24%, as part of their strategy to grow volumes and revenue outside of China. Freight forwarding was flat compared to Q1 2024.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

And even if an order from an overseas supplier were to be filled, delivery issues would be compounded by the declining number of air and ocean freight options to move products into the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. At the end of 2021, ocean freight rates were more than three times what they were throughout 2020. In November 2021, global air freight traffic (measured in tonne-kilometres) saw a 3.7% Deloitte Global).

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

South Korea, $28.7 Freight transport services: Shipping and air freight are among the services most badly affected by the Coronavirus epidemic, and Australia will not be able to avoid the knock-on effect. Top Five Trading Partners and Value (in AUD) of Imports to Australia in 2019. China, $ 71.3 United States, $ 48.8

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

The subsequent rankings in the 2021 Production Statistics revealed that South Korea had overtaken Germany and Mexico, and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have moved up the world ranking for car production. The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. FedEx Corporation FedEx , previously known as Federal Express, is an American multinational freight company founded in 1971 as a system for urgent deliveries. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Jacobs in 2011.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. For example, COVID restrictions in Asia shut down auto production because 70% of chip manufacturing happens in Taiwan and South Korea.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

New Transport Mode to Redefine Freight Movement. July 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). According to a Reuters report: As of Wednesday, of Hanjin’s 97 container ships, 36 were waiting outside of overseas ports, according to South Korea’s finance ministry.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

Corie Barry - Chief Executive Officer Finally, consumer electronics products coming from countries such as Vietnam, India, South Korea, and Taiwan are currently subject to 10% tariff. I wear a number of hats these days. In addition, be sure to check out my website and be sure to sign up to receive more blog posts.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The country moves over 2 billion mt-km of freight per year. . The primary import partners were China, Singapore, US, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia. Malaysia has 114 airports in total, and 39 airports with paved runways. There are 12 registered air carriers operating more than 260 aircraft. Political Landscape.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Measuring the Imbalances*.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Risks exist in land, air and ocean freight. Poor grasp of hazards in your supply chain will increase freight spend and diminish brand value. For instance, the bankruptcy of South Korea’s 7th largest shipping company (Hanjin Shipping) led to a dramatic reduction in global supply chain shipping capacity.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

These smart operators include: John Deere: The agricultural vehicle manufacturer says it expects to spend $40 million (USD) on expedited freight to ensure there is no disruption in supply. Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 27, 2022

UPS Worldwide Express Freight® & UPS Worldwide Express Freight®, Midday – USD 5 (CAD 6.63) / kg or USD 2.27 (CAD 3.01) / lb, effective until January 29, 2022. UPS Worldwide Express Freight® and UPS Worldwide Express Freight®, Midday – USD 4.25 (CAD 5.64) / kg or USD 2.27 (CAD 3.01) / lb, effective January 30, 2022.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 27, 2022

UPS Worldwide Express Freight® & UPS Worldwide Express Freight®, Midday – USD 5 (CAD 6.63) / kg or USD 2.27 (CAD 3.01) / lb, effective until January 29, 2022. UPS Worldwide Express Freight® and UPS Worldwide Express Freight®, Midday – USD 4.25 (CAD 5.64) / kg or USD 2.27 (CAD 3.01) / lb, effective January 30, 2022.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Since Hanjin Shipping Company of South Korea filed for bankruptcy protection last week, the WSJ reports that dozens of ships carrying more than half a million cargo containers have been denied access to ports around the world, as there are doubts as to who will pay the docking fees, container-storage, and unloading bills.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2021

Announcing technology ecosystem partnerships with High Radius for trade promotion planning and settlement, Operaize for manufacturing scheduling and sequencing, project44 for supply chain visibility, FourKites for freight tracking visibility, and Gurobi for state-of-the-art mathematical optimization software.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

South Korea Production Momentum Increase The S&P Global South Korea Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with “ factory orders increasing at the fastest pace since February 2022.” Freight rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles and Shanghai to New York have likewise risen to $6,673 and $7827, respectively.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 30, 2017

It could be extra freight and workforce overtime and probably other categories of cost which would accrue as an associated loss risk to any event. South China will be exposed to hurricanes, and South Korea which is next North Korea (and the location of production of 50% of the world’s semiconductors) is in a precarious situation.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

From there the pushchairs are shipped to local DCs in China, Japan and South Korea for crossdocking and transport to retailers. We’ve been producing this equipment in China since 2008 and for many years we shipped everything as air freight from Suzhou to our global DC in Europe.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

The main countries affected by the drought are China, Japan, South Korea, and the US, as the Panama Canal facilitates 46% of container movement from northeastern Asia to the US. As climate change continues to make unusual events more normal, events like this will continue to happen again and again.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

Similar to China, airlines have canceled majority of passenger flights in and out of Europe and South Korea due to safety concerns and lack of travel demand. If you haven’t already, start discussions with your freight forward around production planning and forecasting.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry. Freight carriers specialize in carrying freight. Half-filled circle: Depends.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry. Freight carriers specialize in carrying freight. Half-filled circle: Depends.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Global consumer product goods provider Nestle in its latest report of quarterly financial performance indicated that despite being able to raise prices for a wide variety of marketed products, higher costs for commodities, freight and energy continue eroding profit margins. Higher costs reportedly have resulted in a 2.8

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Most imports come from Europe, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), South Korea, Japan, and United States, respectively, based on import value. Most rely on an agency network relationship to move the freight to China only. Between 2004 and 2014, China imported $13.52 trillion (USD) in goods. Source: [link] ).

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All Things Supply Chain

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Amazon Sued by Supplier for Breach of Agreement Gilimex Inc a Vietnamese warehouse equipment manufacturer is suing Amazon for $280 million, claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from agreements…

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All Things Supply Chain

JANUARY 29, 2021

Amazon halts alcohol sales in Northern Ireland due to new Brexit rules Amazon has stopped the sales of wines, beers and sprits in Northern Ireland and is preparing to de-list…

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Supply and demand on US-China exports, combined with historically low freight prices, meant that, shipping a 40′ foot container from the Port of Long Beach to the Port of Shenzhen costs less than the price of a mid-range MacBook. Almost one third of containers exported from America’s busiest port last September were empty last.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In August, President Biden hosted the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David, bringing the three countries together in a bid to further encourage collaboration and innovation. The administration has yet to announce a program launch date.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

In fact, JOC.com sites many Southeast Asia countries—including India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia—have significantly grown their imports into the United States, anywhere from 13-37% compared to last year. Diversification in your carrier selection lowers your risk of freight delays or cancellations.

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Logility

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022. Labor issues raised many challenges in 2022, and the outlook remains unsteady, especially in the shipping industry, as we head into 2023. Labor actions like strikes in the U.S.,

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