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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...
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...
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...
India’s export surge is tightening ocean capacity, creating equipment shortages and increasing pressure on the inland road and rail networks that support its container gateways. Premier carrier...
Global air cargo demand and rates are strengthening ahead of the traditional peak season, with rising volumes, firm pricing and higher fuel costs creating a more robust market as October begins. The...
Transpacific shippers are entering October with ocean freight rates close to pandemic-era highs, continuing schedule disruption and a new cost pressure emerging after US diesel prices climbed...
Severe congestion across Asian container ports is tying up millions of TEU of capacity, driving schedule reliability to a four-year low and raising the prospect of disruption continuing well into...
Container lines are restoring services through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, promising shorter Asia–Europe transits and more effective capacity. But the security picture around the Middle East’s...
Air cargo’s traditional summer slowdown has failed to significantly loosen the market, with resilient demand, constrained capacity and renewed growth on key ex-Asia lanes keeping pressure on space...
Global container trade is proving remarkably resilient, but record volumes mask a more complicated picture across the major east–west trades. Congestion, blank sailings and inland constraints are...
UK haulage is entering a period in which access to the right vehicle, route and transport option could become increasingly important. For shippers, that makes planning and flexibility just as...
US import compliance is becoming more demanding, with Customs and Border Protection strengthening enforcement, scrutinising importer data and using technology to examine transactions long after...