Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. The number of impacted Asia – N.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Judah Levine November 15, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 6% to $1,711/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 3% to $2,421/FEU.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Judah Levine December 19, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 3% to $1,556/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) were level at $2,509/FEU.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I was in Houston yesterday evening, speaking to a large group of procurement executives at a roundtable held by KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Group, at the fabulous Brennan’s restaurant on Smith Street. There was also a discussion about the challenges of accessing good data necessary for driving SRM initiatives forward.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic. Supply chain professionals know that risk pooling – where vital global inventories are co-managed as a common resource – is critical in maximizing the impact of a scarce commodity.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Global Shipping Effects of the Hanjin Bankruptcy. Hanjin Shipping, a South Korean company and the seventh largest container shipper in the world, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, which has prompted significant questions and confusion around the world as to how this will affect global shipping.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

George List, a professor of mechanical and construction engineering, emphasized the need for governments to consider the broader impacts of global change. For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output for consumer goods production levels but continued muted growth for intermediate supply network and investment goods production levels.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

This is to avoid more costly routes such as the Panama Canal or taking the long haul around the tip of Africa or South America. The latest super container ships do not fit through the Panama Canal and must take the long route and travel around Cape Horn to get to the US East Coast harbors. Shipping challenges.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City. They are also disrupting global supply chains. The post Strikes and protests disrupt supply chains, globally appeared first on Resilinc.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2024

Focus on materials critical to your highest revenue products Procurement and supply chain managers need to adopt a new mindset for building more resilient supply chains. Integrate supplier risk insights into planning and procurement strategy Neglecting supplier data and supply chain disruption data is out with the end of 2023!

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

In the global economy, it's nearly impossible to predict all the possible factors that will affect a particular supply chain. It has arguably been one of the biggest disruptions to global supply chains since the Second World War. The global market is a complex organism and there's no perfect storm that every company can brace for.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s published 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published in January 2023, is our prediction that a near-term global energy crisis within Europe would necessitate different short and longer-term supply chain focused decarbonization and climate change mitigation actions.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 19, 2016

From the Panama Canal opening to a record year in ecommerce, the happenings of 2016 have kept everyone on their toes. Year of Global Revolution. This year was a strong reminder of the power of growth and risk in the global supply chain. The Panama Canal is a prime example of a global vision being realized.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. A further backdrop has been the billions of windfall profits that global shipping lines benefitted from during the pandemic induced global transportation disruptions of 2020 through 2022. So, what else is new?

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Judah Levine November 28, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,613/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $2,362/FEU.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

In 2018, due to new vessel orders entering the global fleet, carriers announced an eight percent increase in capacity to the TPEB trade lane in January and early February. gulf region due to Panama Canal restrictions. In fact, there were some instances where vessels had to unload cargo in Panama to get through the canal.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters alerts clients and readers to a potential replay of the 2021 disruption in global shipping and cascading supply chain disruption as a result of recent events. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal every year. Transit times became unpredictable, and shipping and demurrage costs exploded.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output and corresponding activity levels, but the gains were mostly in developing and lower-cost regions. increased 1.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Background Just before the Christmas 2023 holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption. Business media has further reinforced that at same time, the Panama Canal , which is the globe’s other key transit route. That has since led to rebels targeting U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Background Just before the Christmas holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption. We pointed out that with global shipping volumes expected to contract throughout 2024, this disruption provides ample motivation for keeping rates high.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 14, 2016

In collaboration with Amber Road, Supply Chain Movement has put together this Global EU Trade Map which provides an overview of current EU trade agreements and an insight into potential trade risks and how to mitigate them. What does the Global EU Trade Map show? Global Trade Map 2016. Getting to grips with EU trade agreements.

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