CHAINalytics

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Over the next three weeks, we’re featuring Chainalytics’ and some guests’- (this week we … The post The Ocean Cargo Forecast for 2023: Switching Conditions in the New Year appeared first on Chainalytics. Costs spiraled out of control, while customer needs were affected by elongated transit times and deteriorating service levels.

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Logility

MAY 25, 2022

Supply chain organizations are now caught in the clutches of a global economy creaking beneath the weight of cargo embargoes, labor shortages, jammed ports and shipping lanes, and a pandemic that continues to evolve. A digital supply chain platform enables these interactions between planning, sourcing, and procurement ?

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Starting with Miami, this port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. In 2015, the Port of Savannah moved 8.2% of total U.S.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2020

Industry news sources like Journal of Commerce , Loadstar and FreightWaves also provide great coverage. Robinson , two other major freight forwarders are also great sources for updates across modes, with DB Schenker maintaining an updates page and C.H. COVID-19 Top Forwarder Supply Chain Resources.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Automation, cargo tracking, robotics, and remote fleet management are all examples of how IoT can be used to harness organizational data and gain insights into key processes. DB Schenker is leveraging sensor data from cargo in transit to monitor and control high-value shipments or sensitive shipments, such as with cold chain logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

US Air Force wants a commercial Rocket Cargo Vanguard to fly stuff anywhere on Earth. Late last Friday, the US Air Force launched a new rocket cargo program with the Space Force to study the use of commercial spacecraft to ship supplies around the world, and they may look to NASA’s lunar lander program for ideas.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

port authorities and terminal operators, regulatory bodies, and Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCO) are all working on this topic. Ports and hinterland carriers want to know what cargo (and how fast it) is approaching them, and where it is heading. Logistic Service Providers (LSP), carriers, intermodal operators (air, sea, ground etc.),

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 19, 2022

Fortunately, strategic planning can help you deliver your land cargo on-time , despite the abundant labor shortages. Low Land Cargo Capacity. Solutions for On-Time Land Cargo Delivery. Consolidating suppliers and vendors reduces the necessary suppliers to source and purchase goods or materials. million in March 2022.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Faced with the challenge of limited data availability, he co-founded Vizion, an API-first solution empowering cargo owners, freight forwarders, and software providers to achieve true supply chain visibility by tracking ocean freight in near real-time. Vizon provides multiple data sources for tracking containers across ocean and rail.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In addition, we have taken several steps in the past few years to affect industry change, such as being an active member of the Clean Cargo Group and joining the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA). Photo Credit: United Airlines. million gallons of SAF this year. Acting for Responsible Trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2022

For example, Volkswagen is halting production at two electric vehicle plants in Germany as a result of interruptions of components sourced from Ukraine. However, I did see reports on the destruction of Ukraine’s Antonov An-225, the world’s largest cargo aircraft. Beyond Fossil Fuels.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Image source: Financial Times. Over 90% of the United States’ semiconductor-grade neon is sourced from Ukraine. Image source: Bloomberg.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 12, 2024

Autonomous supply chains can also help businesses by enabling new business models, such as direct-to-consumer, subscription-based, and circular, and creating new sources of revenue and competitive advantage. Rolls Royce predicts that lighter unmanned vessels will burn 15 percent less fuel.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

alternate sourcing strategies), while others are potentially negative (e.g. As we adjust and respond to this “new normal”, one important area is the effect of these shifts on the environment. From that perspective some changes have been clearly positive (e.g. fewer commuting miles driven), some largely neutral (e.g.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

Walmart announced that it will pilot agriculture technology with crop supply intelligence company Agritaskto get real-time information on crops and improve sourcing decisions around produce. The company said it took a $157 million impairment charge for permanently deactivating the 757 cargo jets along with seven engines.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

While it’s undeniably important to source products responsibly and produce recyclable or reusable products, companies also need to focus on making the transportation and distribution of products more sustainable. Ensure Your Materials Are Ethically Sourced.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

Cargo ships avoiding Houthi attacks in the Red Sea face a different kind of delay-causing threat as they go around the southern tip of Africa: storms and 30-foot swells. Lidl also shared that it had identified 11 critical raw materials and committed to setting responsible sourcing targets for each group of items.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

Ocean ETAs are focused on when a ship gets into port and begins to unload its cargo. We have many different data sources,” Mr. Dowse went on to say. “We Some shippers have more and better data sources that can be leveraged. This becomes another data source that the FourKites platform can ingest.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

including digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, strategic product segmentation, inventory management, operations intelligence and analysis, strategic sourcing, and effective pricing and promotions management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage. A coalition of countries is pitching a plan to the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to require global shipping companies to raise funds for an effort to deploy widescale fleets of zero-carbon emission cargo ships within a decade.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In a conversation beginning at the tail-end of a lecture and concluding on a patio overlooking the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, I spoke to Celine Hourcade, IATA’s Head of Cargo Transformation. For a couple of reasons but mostly because: Cargo is not the core revenue center of air carriers, passengers are.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Mark Drusch of Qatar Airways Cargo, who comes from the passenger side, pointed out that, in order to quickly and easily serve passengers who need to change airlines unexpectedly, boarding passes already have a universal barcode that allows any carrier to access passenger information immediately.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Examples of disruptive risks are suppliers going out of business or shipwrecks that result in the loss of cargo containers. There may be several nodes that are critical and single sourced thus elevating the risk profile of the supply chain. Disruptive risks on the other hand are harder to predict and manage.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The digitization of commerce created a path for giants like Amazon and Alibaba to dominate their respective storefront/fulfillment and sourcing roles in the market. US importers are more dependent on Chinese sourcing than ever. The (Digital) Rise of SMBs. The Lesson: Diversify . And that’s what the data is showing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2022

Eric is the Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves, the leading FreightIntel provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. Eric Kulisch is the Supply Chain and Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves. Russia sanctions cut both ways for air cargo. About Eric Kulisch.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

The canal is a key source of revenue for the government of Egypt, and it is one of the country’s top earners of foreign currency. As the Houthi attacks only began in earnest in November 2023, after half of the SCA’s fiscal year had passed, the numbers partially reflect business-as-usual performance last summer and fall.

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Freightos

AUGUST 31, 2016

There’s unprecedented volumes of global shipments , growing international trade, more flexible supply chains, and easier sourcing than ever before (Alibaba, anyone?). They picked up the World Air Cargo award ‘Best IT for the Industry’ category, the last two years running. The surest bet to escape this is technological innovation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) By integrating order data, load information across modes, yard shipments and the like, internal departments can turn to a single source of the truth and more accurately manage various aspects of the lifecycle.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. One goal, two different motivations.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started. Although 2023 first half reliability has been improving to around 65%, the lead time variability is still high compared to other modes of transportation, and still below pre-pandemic levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. Companies are coping with rising costs to source and produce goods in China and other Asian locales.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Air Cargo World. This American based niche news site specialises in air cargo.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Beneficial Cargo Owners) to conduct International Freight in their very-own environment, powered by TRAMES’ technology. Analytics: The ability to harness cargo and freight data can yield significant benefits to any Shipper. A single source of truth, with fair, trusted and a tamper-proof information flow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

Critical cargo to treat COVID-19 rightfully gets prioritized by carriers, with vaccines, treatments and equipment saturating carrier capacity in the United States and abroad. In 2021, look for shippers to incorporate external data sources to get even more out of their business intelligence efforts. and many others.

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American Global Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2023

As we navigate the third quarter of 2023, it's time to examine air cargo's role in global commerce. Air cargo is now essential for global supply chains and offers many benefits for businesses worldwide. Air cargo refers to the transportation of goods via an air carrier, which may be charter or commercial.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2021

According to sources, the incubator is not about tackling the challenges of today’s capacity crunch. What was formerly known as Amazon Prime Air, Amazon Air is a cargo airline operating exclusively to transport Amazon packages. Cargo planes are not the only piece of Amazon’s aerial plans for the future. Amazon Prime Air.

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