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

Resilinc

Germany, which imports large amounts of auto parts from China, has 10 rail lines connecting Hamburg, Duisburg and other industrial hubs to Chengdu, Shenzhen and other Chinese cities, according to Le Figaro. And France isn’t the only European country with growing rail links to China.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . Also falling: Kazakhstan fell six places despite a resumption in economic growth and announcement of a long-term development blueprint.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Pipelines are the economic lifelines of such former Soviet republics as Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan that live off energy exports. ” The agricultural sector will also be impacted by the conflict. . … Moscow would become master of the Caspian basin. Subduing Georgia has an additional effect.

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International Industrial Trade Fairs

Exapro Hub

Throughout the year, industrial trade fairs are taking place in all corners of the world. European trade fairs dedicated to industrial sector and manufacturing are fairly well known and popular among industry professionals. However, there is also a developing segment of industrial fairs and events in Asia and Africa.

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

TMC

This shows that shippers are capitalizing on new mode/route combinations that will help them save cost, reduce lead time, and mitigate supply chain disruptions and risks (such as labor disputes in the ocean shipping industry). To capture benefits like these, shippers need to be opportunistic.

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

TMC

This shows that shippers are capitalizing on new mode/route combinations that will help them save cost, reduce lead time, and mitigate supply chain disruptions and risks (such as labor disputes in the ocean shipping industry). To capture benefits like these, shippers need to be opportunistic.

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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. Those trains link Chongqing, the huge industrial city in south-west China, with Duisburg, and Beijing with Hamburg.