Shippers should expect more Asia-Europe blanked sailings as rates rise
It was just over a month ago that forwarders began to realise significant disruption was ...
PEP: ACTIVIST INTERESTPLD: SECURING FUNDING FLEXIBILITYMAERSK: CAUTIOUS AT PEAK FWRD: UPS AND DOWNSCHRW: NEW RECORDCHRW: BUILDING ON STRENGTHFDX: GETTING OUTAAPL: AI POWERDSV: NEOM PROJECT RISK HLAG: 'USTR RISK' HLAG: INVENTORY LEVELSHLAG: CRYSTAL BALL
PEP: ACTIVIST INTERESTPLD: SECURING FUNDING FLEXIBILITYMAERSK: CAUTIOUS AT PEAK FWRD: UPS AND DOWNSCHRW: NEW RECORDCHRW: BUILDING ON STRENGTHFDX: GETTING OUTAAPL: AI POWERDSV: NEOM PROJECT RISK HLAG: 'USTR RISK' HLAG: INVENTORY LEVELSHLAG: CRYSTAL BALL
Another thought provoking LinkedIn post from logistics consultant Lars Greiner, reminiscing on a time when cargo was king and everybody made money.
And a time when it was not “purely about winning”, he laments.
I particularly like the advice he was given by one of his ‘best bosses’: “In any negotiation, one is going to win and one is going to lose. You need to make sure you win, but you also need to make sure that your counterpart does not feel like he lost, otherwise he will not come back.”
Where did it all go wrong?
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