News / The age of near-shoring? Too much disruption to supply chains, say shippers

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Coronavirus and the resulting disruption has inevitably provoked another round of debate on whether global supply chains can continue or is the era of near-shoring finally upon us?

According to participants in a webinar organised by Reuters yesterday, it would appear there is little appetite for the further disruption that near-shoring would entail.

In fact, one US shipper appears to have turned against the concept after discovering during the pandemic that Asian competitors were getting goods to market faster than it could ...