Schedule reliability on the rise despite European port congestion
Despite ongoing reports and warnings of worsening port congestion levels in North European ports, container ...
AAPL: SUPPLIER IPOCHRW: SLIGHTLY DOWNBEAT BUT UPSIDE REMAINSDHL: TOP PRIORITIESDHL: SPECULATIVE OCEAN TRADEDHL: CFO REMARKSPLD: BEATING ESTIMATES PPLD: TRADING UPDATEBA: TRUMP TRADEAAPL: SUPPLY CHAIN BETDHL: NEW PARTNERJBHT: HAVING FUN TO WIN ACROSS THE BOARD JBHT: 'BEING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT UPTICK IN DEMAND' JBHT: BUYBACKS UPDATEJBHT: PEAK SEASON JBHT: PARING SOME LOSSES
AAPL: SUPPLIER IPOCHRW: SLIGHTLY DOWNBEAT BUT UPSIDE REMAINSDHL: TOP PRIORITIESDHL: SPECULATIVE OCEAN TRADEDHL: CFO REMARKSPLD: BEATING ESTIMATES PPLD: TRADING UPDATEBA: TRUMP TRADEAAPL: SUPPLY CHAIN BETDHL: NEW PARTNERJBHT: HAVING FUN TO WIN ACROSS THE BOARD JBHT: 'BEING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT UPTICK IN DEMAND' JBHT: BUYBACKS UPDATEJBHT: PEAK SEASON JBHT: PARING SOME LOSSES
You don’t have to be an Australian supply chain operator for this article to be relevant. If you want to understand, in a nutshell, how empty containers have built up in Australia – and the lessons here apply to any importing country with a trade imbalance with Asia exporters – the country’s liner lobby group, Shipping Australia, has put together an easy-to-understand analysis.
“Covid is at the heart of the problem. Deprived of holidays, socialising with friends and nights out, consumers around Australia (and indeed, around the world) have gone on a massive and frenzied retail therapy bender. Because the demand for goods has gone into orbit, the demand for shipping services and for containers has, likewise, gone into orbit.”
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