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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). It’s also important to have access to local expertise when evaluating ways to shift freight to the new Silk Road.

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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). It’s also important to have access to local expertise when evaluating ways to shift freight to the new Silk Road.

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

Resilinc

The freight train that arrived in the Parisian rail hub of Valenton in early January wasn’t an especially large one—at 34 containers, it carried just 20% of the load of a typical intermodal freight train. Business media report different estimates of the price differential between rail and ocean shipping for China-Europe supply chains.

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The Belt and Road Initiative: Rail Service between Europe and Asia

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As reported by OSW studies , China determined that rail service between western China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Europe would best serve the unique needs of these manufacturers. Are you looking to decrease air freight costs? Rail freight is an environmentally friendly way to move goods. Do you need coverage far from sea ports?

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

For instance, the hangover from the pandemic, which has not yet permitted ocean freight from China to return to anything like normal service, is a problem that continued COVID outbreaks and associated port closures are exacerbating. However, emptying the contents of silos into the holds of ships is only one small part of the problem.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. Also falling: Kazakhstan fell six places despite a resumption in economic growth and announcement of a long-term development blueprint.

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

It’s impossible to paint the new international shipping surcharges with the broad strokes of the past, and shippers need to know exactly what to expect and what countries are affected. FedEx Express International Shipping Surcharges. APAC Outbound International Shipping Surcharges. per pound or $1.50 per kilogram. per kilogram.