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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

In 2020, the poorest working conditions were identified in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Turkey, and Zimbabwe. Supply chains are opaque. Violations of workers’ rights are at an all-time high. Yet you may need to buy from these countries.

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

Resilinc

A spokesperson for France’s national rail operator SCNF reported that five years ago, eight freight trains from China arrived at the Valenton hub daily; that number has increased to 18 to 20 today. Business media report different estimates of the price differential between rail and ocean shipping for China-Europe supply chains.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Bloomberg reports, “The crisis has driven oil prices toward $100 a barrel and sent tremors through other commodity markets too, threatening another wave of price pressures on top of already-high pandemic inflation. Anyone who believes that the Ukraine invasion will have little impact beyond the Crimea region is in for a shock.

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

TMC

For example, the Financial Times reported that U.S. suppliers of frozen chicken to Kazakhstan began shipping product via the Black Sea and onward through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and across the Caspian Sea, to bypass trade restrictions imposed by Russia. 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

For example, the Financial Times reported that U.S. suppliers of frozen chicken to Kazakhstan began shipping product via the Black Sea and onward through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and across the Caspian Sea, to bypass trade restrictions imposed by Russia. 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. The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, was in China in September, where he signed deals reported to be worth more than £6.3bn. A major advantage of the rail route is speed.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

That’s a big ask, despite reports that four-way grain export talks between Turkey, the United Nations, Ukraine, and Russia finally appear to have reached a breakthrough. Kazakhstan in Tit for Tat Spat Over Russia Sanctions.