Asia Power Watch‘s Andre Wheeler writes:
With the increasing development of smart supply chains and logistics and the desire to take these to a global standard, those managing the process need to be aware of what lies beneath the surface …

More than half HMM’s 600-strong seafarer workforce have quit following management refusal to meet pay demands.
Some 453 staff voted in the seafarers’ union strike ballot last weekend, more than 90% backing action in protest at a reluctance to give …

News of flight cancellations at Beijing and Shanghai airports has been yet another challenge for US perishables exporters dealing with China.
Most have reduced their exposure to this market, but it remains a major focus for many.
Even without worries …

Freighter flights are slowly resuming at Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG), but a reduced workforce means week-long cargo delays and fast-moving freight rates.
Last Friday, China’s drastic Covid policies caused widespread cargo disruption at PVG, after a positive Covid test at …

Consternation among forwarders and retailers is increasing as more and more hauliers apply “driver retention surcharges” amid the UK’s worsening haulage crisis.
Many smaller firms had managed to avoid adding surcharges, noting that they already paid drivers much more than …

MSC’s audacious containership buying spree has passed the 100 mark in just 12 months, equating to around 400,000 teu of additional owned tonnage, according to Alphaliner data.
MSC’s aggressive S&P activity was driven by relatively high exposure to the soaring …

GXO Logistics, the new pure-play contract logistics (CL) king in town, is one firm that has remarkably achieved benchmark status for supply chain value accretion within a month.
Uh-oh.
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