by Stuart Todd Apr 15, 2024
Do ocean carriers have a future in airfreight?
Container ocean carriers have moved into air freight. Is it a flight of fancy or a long-term strategy?
Sanctions “Yet to curtail Russia with any compelling effect.”
Last month both the European Union and US once again stepped up sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Semiconductor industry drives strong demand for project logistics
Semiconductor sourcing, manufacturing diversification, and the adoption of modularization is driving a strong demand for project logistics.
Is the freight industry complicit in circumventing trade sanctions against Russia?
Is the freight industry complicit, along with cargo owners, in circumventing trade sanctions imposed by the West against Russia?
Air cargo set for another challenging year
Air cargo is set for another challenging year with geo-political tensions continuing to weigh heavily on global supply chains.
Automotive near-shoring to backdrop of geopolitical tensions
The COVID pandemic and the havoc it wreaked on global supply chains and transportation networks, is widely-viewed as serving to galvanize shippers into considering a near-shoring strategy, with the aim of reducing risks from unforeseen events and enhancing visibility and control over processes spanning raw material procurement to order fulfilment.
Volatile environment continues to dog European automotive logistics
Europe’s automotive logistics providers have experienced a protracted period of turbulence.
French farmers take protest to Paris
French farmers’ angry, sometimes violent protests over the past fortnight in blocking major highways across the country, as they push to obtain better working conditions, has placed the European Union’s agricultural policy firmly under the spotlight while also reviving a nationalistic and protectionist outlook on trade.
2024’s profusion of government elections: A potential disruptor for the supply chain?
With 76 major elections to be held in 2024, could the outcomes prove to be a disruptor for the supply chain?
Trucknet sets up Gulf-Israel/Egypt ‘land bridge’
Trucknet’s landbridge operation bypasses troubled Red Sea pinch point.
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