The Case for Shorter Battery Supply Chains
China dominates the global lithium-ion battery industry. According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, China accounted for 75.3 percent of battery capacity in 2020, compared to 7.6...
Category : Freight
Global demand isn’t booming. So why are shipping rates this high?
There is no COVID-era surge in global cargo demand. There’s a lengthy albeit temporary spike in congestion compounded by a localized, stimulus-and-savings-driven demand boom in...
Port of Salalah, ROP customs test sea-air cargo connectivity
Muscat: Port of Salalah, in close partnership with ROP customs, have successfully tested sea-air connectivity with a priority shipment destined for Qatar during the second...
Two Dutch companies get 9,500 solar panels
Trofi/Trofi Pack and Van der Helm have been doing business from their new joint distribution center in the Netherlands since April 2020. The building’s first...
First electric autonomous cargo ship launched in Norway
The Yara Birkeland will eliminate the need for around 40,000 truck journeys a year now fuelledf by polluting diesel. Zero emissions and, soon, zero crew:...
Export of chilli products to the EU and China hold strong potential
The production of fresh and processed chilli in Rwanda has the potential to capture significant demand for these products in markets such as the European...
Firms brace for extra Brexit red tape amid supply lines squeeze
Haulage trucks wait at toll gates to enter the channel tunnel, operated by Getlink, in Calais, France, on Dec. 31, 2020. (Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg) Just as...
‘Amazing’ transit times: From China, it’s faster to reach New York than LA
Time is the most valuable commodity in the world of trade. It’s priceless. A new report out on transit times from digital freight forwarder Shifl...
Latin American freight forwarder Nowports secures $60 million in funding
Nowports, a Monterrey, Mexico-based digital freight forwarder, has closed a series B funding round, securing $60 million. The 3-year-old logistics startup said it is seeking...
The Stuck Ship of the Suez Canal: Inside the Supply-Chain Snafu That Could Wreck Your Holiday Plans
The wind was coming from behind now and no longer pushing it into the bank. But still the ship veered from one side of the...