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The world today isn’t simple and the challenges facing supply chains are complex. Those challenges need to be looked at from a different perspective, with human ingenuity, passion and experience, combined with our technology to create something more than the expected. By problem-solving in unexpected ways, we conceive new solutions to overcome challenges and realise opportunities.
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Post-Golden Week capacity pressures diverge
Container shipping lines are adjusting capacity as Asian factories resume production following Golden Week, with relatively few cancelled sailings but contrasting conditions emerging on routes to Europe and the United States. As China’s Golden Week holiday ends and export activity…
Airfreight demand and Middle East disruption tighten peak-season
Airfreight markets are entering the fourth-quarter peak season with demand strengthening, capacity tightening on key routes and renewed disruption in the Middle East adding pressure to airline networks and transport costs. Global air cargo demand recovered strongly in September, with…
India’s changing shipping networks add pressure to US supply chains
Congestion across South Asia’s container shipping network is increasing costs and disrupting connections for US-bound cargo, while surging China–India demand and changing Middle East trade flows accelerate India’s emergence as a regional transhipment hub. India’s expanding manufacturing economy and the…
US tariff ruling opens new route to importer refunds
A US federal court has approved a class-action lawsuit covering importers who paid tariffs subsequently ruled unlawful, potentially opening the door to billions of dollars in refunds for businesses that have not pursued individual claims. A ruling by the US…
German port strikes averted, but Rhine disruption deepens
German dockworkers have accepted a new pay agreement, averting widespread port strikes, but record-low Rhine water levels continue to disrupt inland freight movements, increasing costs and threatening North European supply chains. North European importers have avoided another potential disruption after…
Car carrier expansion opens opportunities for European exporters
Surging Chinese vehicle exports are driving a new wave of car carrier investment, while European operators expand their fleets and develop more versatile vessels, creating potential opportunities for UK and European exporters. The global car carrier market is entering another…
Supply chain resilience moves from response to strategy
Supply-chain leaders meeting in London have highlighted a significant shift in priorities, as resilience, visibility and flexibility move from operational concerns to strategic business requirements. Recent years have tested international supply chains through pandemic disruption, port congestion, geopolitical conflict, Red…
Metro CEO joins Lloyds Bank to examine the changing global trade outlook
Metro CEO Grant Liddell joined Lloyds Bank’s Markets Matter briefing to examine how geopolitical disruption, changing sourcing strategies and rising transport costs are reshaping global supply chains and why underlying trade remains surprisingly resilient. The Lloyds Bank’s Markets Matter series…
Asia–UK ocean market faces volatile October as capacity shifts
UK importers face an unusually volatile October as falling Asia–Europe freight rates collide with excess scheduled capacity, returning Suez services, short-notice blank sailings and continuing disruption across Asian ports. Ocean carriers are attempting to halt a 12-week decline in Asia–Europe…
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