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Ocean Freight

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11 Jan
Airfreight rates start 2021 on a decline following mediocre peak
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Rates more than doubled YoY from China to the U.S. to reach $7.57 per kilogram in the last week of December, but pricing has already fallen to reach $6.19 per kilogram in the fi...
11 Jan
US tariffs on high-alcohol wine from Germany and France take effect this week
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The new import duties are part of a longstanding dispute about commercial jetliner subsidies that has spilled over into food and alcohol.
11 Jan
What good is a data lake if nobody swims in it?
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Good corporate sustainability practices provide enhanced visibility into the processes of a company’s supply chain, as well as financially benefit other operations.
08 Jan
Bed Bath & Beyond’s COO says the company is pivoting to a ‘common-sense’ supply chain model
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The retailer’s network of 30 cross docks will drastically reduce in number soon, making way for distribution centers, run by one or more third parties, COO John Hartmann s...
08 Jan
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao resigns following insurrection at Capitol
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Chao said the department will help President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, assume the post.
07 Jan
Humanity Drives Procurement Trends for 2021
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
“We are fundamentally professionally and personally transformed because of our COVID-19 pandemic experiences,” says the writer. 
07 Jan
European shippers say ocean carriers broke contracts, call on regulators to step in
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Authorities in China and South Korea and the Federal Maritime Commission in the U.S. are also examining ocean shipping practices and container availability.   
07 Jan
Suppliers struggle with labor availability, slowing deliveries: ISM
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
One company said the pandemic is affecting its suppliers’ labor availability more than in March, though the vaccine roll-out provides a bit of optimism.
06 Jan
UPS expects to break weekly returns record with nearly 9M returns
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
As e-commerce took a larger share of overall commerce in 2020, returns increased and diffused out over the holiday shopping period.
06 Jan
Amazon buys 11 planes to boost airfreight capacity
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The aircraft purchases come at a time when airfreight procurement has become increasingly difficult, and e-commerce demand is soaring.