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Container freight spot rates maintained their downward trajectory this week, as tariff uncertainty continued to ...
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THE Alliance appears to have forgotten UK apparel shippers in the reorganisation of its Asia-Europe strings, according to one leading high street retailer.
European importers are poring over the new alliance schedules to work out which ones best fit their supply chains.
For many UK clothing retailers, Bangladesh continues to be one of the most important sourcing locations, but its principal port, Chittagong, is unable to handle deepsea mainline Asia-Europe vessels. Shippers are reliant on feeder connections between the Bangladeshi gateway and Colombo in Sri Lanka.
However, ...
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Julian Stephens
March 28, 2017 at 2:22 pmThe EC-sponsored SYNCHRO-NET initiative seems tailor-made for this problem – please excuse the pun. Need to find a new way to get from A to B? SYNCHRO-NET tells you how, and what the best option is in terms of cost, reliability and CO2.