Supply Chain

European ports and Eurotunnel: ‘we’re ready for Brexit, are supply chains?’

European ports and the operator of the Channel Tunnel say they are increasingly concerned about the efforts of government and the wider supply chain to prepare for Brexit.
Manager of external affairs at the port of Rotterdam Mark Djik told a UK parliamentary select committee that, while he was confident the Dutch gateway would be ready for the end of the Brexit transition next month, he was concerned by the efforts …

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Market Forces Like Supply Chain To Determine Emission Policy?

IMO regularly comes in for criticism from many quarters but I had not heard an argument made for it to be sidelined so that market forces could dictate the pace of change in environmental legislation, writes Paul Gunton in his Ship Insight article. According to him, GMF chairman is of the opinion that the emission policy should be governed by market forces rather than solely relying on what IMO thinks. 

But that appeared to be what Michael Parker, chairman of the Global Maritime Forum (GMF), was...

https://mfame.guru/market-forces-like-supply-chain-to-determine-emission-policy/

Supply chain radar: Pfizer logistics must be as good as its science

Since the credit crunch over a decade ago and one patent cliff after another*, US drug maker behemoth Pfizer has gone through its pipeline troubles seriously challenged, yet has emerged mostly unscathed.
And now, with the Covid-19 vaccine goldmine in sight**, the future may have a completely different taste if a) its magic dose receives the final, green light from the regulators and, equally important b) it gets the logistics angle of its business proposition …

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On the wires: ‘Monumental’ Mainfreight – healthy, all-organic & delicious

“Mainfreight is pleased to announce our half-year financial results to 30 September 2020 which are in line with the guidance issued in October, and a satisfactory improvement on the same period in the prior year.” – Mainfreight, 10 November 2020 (sourced from here; more here)
I was almost lost for words with New Zealand’s Mainfreight (MFT) after sifting through its interims – not even a sentence supplier helped out today, initially.
Then ‘monumental’ sprang to my …

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Alibaba moves into Japan with third-party logistics offering

Stacks of boxes on robot sleds in warehouse.

Cainiao, the logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), has opened for business in Japan to provide comprehensive logistics service to importers and exporters there.

The latest step in Alibaba Group’s global logistics expansion follows last month’s launch of third-party logistics services in South Korea and an air charter service to South America. Alibaba is racing rival Amazon (NASDQ: AMZN) to extend end-to-end logistics services beyond its own delivery needs to other...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/alibaba-moves-into-japan-with-third-party-logistics-offering

Pandemic takes a bite out of Agility volumes, but logistics arm profits rise

Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) reported a 35.2% increase in third-quarter ebitda on the back of “significant cost reductions” and increased revenues in air freight and contract logistics.
Its third-quarter ebitda was recorded at KD18.5 m ($60.5m), while net revenue for the period was KD71.4m, representing 5.1% year-on-year growth. GIL gross revenue was KD305.7m, a 7.3% increase on same period in 2019.
However, the increases in air freight and contract logistics were …

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E-commerce the star performer, driving growth for DP-DHL in Q3

DP-DHL enjoyed a strong third quarter on the back of surging e-commerce volumes, and looks set for a better full-year performance than in 2019.
Revenues in Q3 grew 4.4% year on year, to €16.2bn ($1.65bn), while ebit increased 50% to €1.4bn, and the group now anticipates ebit of €4.1bn to €4.4bn for 2020, against last year’s €4.1bn.
Free cash flow increased by more than €750m to some €1.3bn, and the group has …

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New UK customs declaration system doesn’t work – ‘let’s stick with CHIEF’

Industry experts have expressed “grave concerns” at the UK government’s “unnecessary insistence” on implementation of the new Customs Declaration System (CDS).
Chair of the Association of Freight Software Suppliers Steve Bartlett and director general of the UK Association for International Trade Des Hiscock told the EU goods sub-committee CDS was “not ready” and efforts should turn to a fall-back option.
“We are working on six systems to handle trade flows following the …

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Market insight: Hellmann apes Schenker – ‘let’s add a word on that spider network’

Soon after our exclusive coverage of the spider network that Osnabrück-based Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (HWL) is painstakingly building, Mr Marvel* got in touch to share his sobering remarks – yes, he has already won TIP (Top Insight Prize) for November, with three full weeks to go.
Lovely.
Alongside some of the appointments that we shared and were later confirmed internally at HWL last Friday*, Mr Marvel enlightened Premium going deeper as to what Hellmann is trying …

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EXCLUSIVE On the wires: Hellman Worldwide Logistics – all the new hires here

A few new names and duties – on top of the rumoured list we highlighted last week – emerged at the end of last week, drawing from an internal announcement by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics that has not been shared elsewhere, to our knowledge.
It started promoting the new “Vietnam structure”, stating that the group remains “committed to continue the positive growth progress in Vietnam and in line with the Connect strategy, we would …

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