Shifting de minimis rules hobble firms' efforts to adjust supply chains
The see-saw of US trade relations is keeping shippers and logistics providers in a bind, ...
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By Alex Lennane
It’s not quite a St Valentine’s Day Massacre, but shortage of air freight capacity saw the price of importing roses soar in the run-up to today’s romantic festival.
It’s one of the busiest times of year for air cargo and has put additional pressure on an already tight market.
The US Wall St Journal reports that flower producers and importers have struggled to secure capacity, from Africa in particular, which has little in the way of backhaul volumes, and Panalpina was forced to ...
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