Capacity crunch at Mexico-US border as nearshoring shift boosts freight flows
Congestion at North American ports and rail terminals may have stopped giving cargo owners and logistics providers sleepless nights, but another source of supply chain strain is mounting –the rising...
View ArticleHow diplomacy is changing the language of supply chains
Words are important. The names we give to things ascribe meaning to them, but they also provide insight into the thought processes, and eagle-eyed supply chain observers with a keen eye on geopolitical...
View ArticleIndia unveils ‘top-five shipbuilder’ ambition as Xi slams ‘de-Chinafication’
Just hours after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi laid out India’s ambition to become a top-five global shipbuilder within a decade, China premier Xi Jinping lashed out at recent “de-Chinafication”....
View ArticleBox terminals expand as Lazaro Cardenas eyes boost from near-shoring
The terminal operators at Mexico’s second largest container port on the Pacific coast, Lazaro Cardenas, are poised to expand capacity. Less than two months after APM Terminals kicked off phase two of...
View ArticleIs it the end of days for the global automotive supply chain?
Protectionism is all the rage these days, writes John Manners-Bell in this op-ed for Automotive Logistics, expanding on a set of hypotheses laid out in his recent book, The Death of Globalisation....
View ArticleM&A and away as Kuehne stays ahead of DSV
“Better than nothing, I suppose!” That was the instant reaction of a Premium lieutenant yesterday in the wake of Kuehne + Nagel’s disclosure of a customs house brokerage (CHB) bolt-on deal in Canada....
View ArticleAir charters for US automakers take off following strike at the ‘big three’
US operator Ascent Global Logistics had a busy October and November, and December is likely going to be even more intense. The reason is not the seasonal shopping frenzy, but plenty of urgent shipments...
View ArticleMaersk launches combined container/ro-ro Tunisia-Italy service
In an attempt to break into the fast-growing Tunisian export market, Maersk has taken the novel step of introducing a combined container/ro-ro service that also revives transhipment operations at the...
View ArticleRe-shoring in these days of geopolitical tension carries risks
Domestic political tension across almost 75% of emerging manufacturing markets has raised major question marks over the diversion of global supply chains away from China. Analysing five-year trends...
View ArticleBehind the numbers – how GXO’s strategy stacks up
No surprises: GXO, never far from Premium’s Platonic ideal of pure-play contract logistics operator (PPCLO), remains committed to its winning model. However, despite a respectable Q4/FY 23 earnings...
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