This category features blog posts about supply chain management, including shipping and logistics.

Navigating the Impact of Temperature and Pressure on Air Cargo Shipping

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In the fast-paced world of global commerce, the efficient transportation of goods is crucial. Among the various modes of transportation, air cargo stands out for its speed and reliability. However, ensuring the safe delivery of products via air freight involves navigating a myriad of challenges, with temperature and pressure being two critical factors that can significantly impact the integrity of shipped goods.

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How to Better Control Your Supply Chain in an Age of Surging Disruptions

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Rapid Allocation of Backup Resources

By now many supply chain managers are sleepless, dealing with problems such as shipping delays, cost increases across the board, a shortage of materials, Covid-19 shutdowns, factories closing permanently, lingering trade wars, and the list goes on. The newest disruptions involve the shortage of energy such as electricity and natural gas. These affect all industries and even the average person’s daily life.

 

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Why Is There a Shipping Container Shortage?

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As you might have guessed, over 90% of international shipping around the world is through ocean container shipping, which utilizes over 40 million containers daily. However, container shortages have been a problem since November 2020. As a result, sky high container shipping costs have been produced. Costs have at least doubled, and sometimes have even increased as high as 10X the norm depending on your route and timing. For a 20 foot container going from China to the US, it normally costs about $1600; now it can be as high as $3600 each. For a 40 foot container, it can cost anywhere from $5,600 to $9,500, or even higher depending on the shipping line.
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Suez Canal

Interesting Logistics Facts from the Suez Canal Logjam

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Strong wind blows recently caused an Evergreen ship to get stuck in the Suez Canal, resulting in the delay of about 350 ships. It was the worst delay in the last 150 years. With the tide rising, the 24,000 container (TEU) ship was finally pulled out of the closure position. This accident is an opportunity to look at the value of the Suez Canal.

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Holiday Demands Busying Delivery Services

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With the holiday seasons approaching and ports still catching up with shipments, will the delay in receiving goods persist through 2020 to 2021?

CONTAINERS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Supply chains around the world are facing massive pressure as the year closes out. In conjunction with the lack of shipping containers, a new difficultly of low productivity in handling containers at ports and terminals have also threatened the efficiency of delivering products on time. Various ports are seeing a dwindling number of staff who can help process the shipments as Covid-19 continues to claim more victims.

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