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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Maritime industry experts are projecting a surge in freight rates and insurance charges —known as war risk premiums—following the move by Iranian military forces on Saturday to seize a commercial container ship near the Strait of Hormuz. That’s all for this week.

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Conflict Worsens Global Food Insecurity

Enterra Insights

The first thing that must be acknowledged is that when a nefarious leader, like Russia’s Vladimir Putin or Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, are hellbent on committing atrocities, little can be done to stop them. Al-Assad deliberately used starvation as a military tactic in Syria’s on-going civil war.

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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for War?

Enterra Insights

Recently, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended military exercises in the east of the country involving China and other allies such as Syria and India. And he is pushing a new foreign policy doctrine that justifies military intervention into any Russian-speaking territory. During the Cold War, the U.S.

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Profiles in Leadership: Volodymyr Zelensky

Enterra Insights

141 countries condemned the invasion; only North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, and Belarus — dictatorships all — voted with Moscow. Financial, material, humanitarian, and military support came pouring in. He had never served in the military or shown much interest in its affairs. At the U.N., He had only been President since April 2019.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Since its founding, Turkey has dealt with instability and military coups, although each time, the country returns to democracy. Its borders consist of Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Syria, and the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. Its latest constitution was adopted in 1982. The country is located in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia.

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2023 Sanctions Trends

Exiger Perspectives

2022 highlighted the importance of sanctions compliance for crypto firms, with OFAC announcing its first ever crypto enforcement action against Bitrexx for apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs against Iran, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, and the Crimea region of Ukraine. The UK, EU and U.S.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

person, if I’m driving through Switzerland and my rental car is running out of gas, I have to drive past the gas stations that are owned by Syria. Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba? And added to that, lately, we’ve got Military End Users and Military Intelligence End Users that we screen for as well. Where is it going?