Our alerts, news and guides embrace all transport modes and explore global developments across all aspects of the supply chain, to keep you informed and guide decision making.
At the start of April, Metro marked an important milestone with the launch of new company values, that define how the business operates today and how it will continue to evolve as it grows. The...
After an extraordinary 45-year career, Metro bids farewell to one of its most influential and long-serving colleagues, Andrew White, as he retires from the business he joined in the early 1980s....
The effective closure of key Gulf shipping routes has halted vessel access to major regional hubs, leaving ships anchored or diverted and forcing carriers to discharge cargo at alternative ports...
Air freight markets are entering a more volatile phase as disruption across the Middle East removes critical capacity from the system, forcing rapid network adjustments and driving sustained upward...
Overland transport across the Middle East has moved from a contingency option to a critical component of regional supply chains, as disruption to ocean and air networks forces cargo onto road-based...
Fuel markets have become a central pressure point for global logistics, with the Middle East crisis disrupting supply, driving sharp price volatility and forcing operational changes across ocean...
The UK economy is showing clear signs of slowing, with growing pressure on importers and exporters, as supply chain disruption and rising energy costs begin to feed through. While headline...
The latest Global Trade Observatory Outlook, based on insights from more than 3,500 senior supply chain executives, highlights a contradictory confidence in trade growth, while the conditions that...
Middle East linked disruption extends well beyond the region, with growing implications for global supply chains. As capacity tightens, routes are reconfigured and costs come under pressure,...
Ocean freight spot rates are entering a more volatile phase, as Middle East disruption, port congestion and carrier pricing strategies combine to reshape conditions across the main east–west trade...
Air freight is coming under growing pressure as disruption in the Middle East continues to reshape capacity, routing and pricing across key global trade lanes. While the impact varies by...
As disruption across the Middle East continues to restrict traditional air and ocean routes, shippers are increasingly turning to road and road–air solutions to maintain cargo flow. What began...