Index-linked agreements: 'shippers have to have the stomach for them'
Shippers pondering the pros and cons of index-linked agreements (ILAs) “have to have the stomach ...
Maersk this week took another step in its quest to become “a global integrator of container logistics”, signing a 4PL deal with Swiss agrochemical conglomerate Syngenta.
The deal is, effectively, an extension of the 4PL agreement Syngenta signed with Maersk’s logistics subsidiary, Damco, in March 2016.
Yet it remains an important deal for Maersk – “a 4PL logistics provider takes third-party logistics further by managing resources, technology, infrastructure and other logistics providers serving the client to design, build and provide customised supply chain ...
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