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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Further, Japan based shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines indicated a belief that this disruption could extend thru the balance of 2024. All rights reserved.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights a 2024 prediction of added labor activism continuing across industry supply chains in 2024. According to the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Labor Action Tracker , as of the end of October 2023, there were over 350 labor strikes involving over 490,000 workers.

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Supply Chain Impacts from Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Logistics Viewpoints

The country’s major service export sectors include air transport; business, professional, and technical services; sea transport, and information services. I was unaware of Ukraine’s prominent air transport presence. According to The Spectator , Ukraine “occupies a niche at the very heavy end of the industry.”

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Supply chain shockwaves from the Taiwan earthquake

Resilinc

Discover which industries may be impacted by the 7.4 Following the earthquake, tsunami warnings were sent out in Taiwan, Japan, and The Philippines, but have since been lifted. magnitude struck off the East Coast of Japan. magnitude earthquake in Taiwan, as well as current port closures and supply chain challenges.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends Feature Article by Laurent Sik , Head of Operations, CEVA FVL APAC Automobiles, as a form of transportation, are indispensable in today’s world and will remain a crucial part of our lives for a long time to come.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs . In 2018, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) road transport accounted for three-quarters of transport emissions. Most of this, 45.1

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Is the 3PL Industry Becoming Barbell Shaped?

Talking Logistics

Looking at the numbers and recent news, investors are betting big on the future of the logistics industry. The road to Coyote’s IPO has been paved with various acquisitions, including Access America Transport, which the company acquired last March (read my commentary here ). The post Is the 3PL Industry Becoming Barbell Shaped?

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