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Ports refuse empties

The challenge of finding HGV driver resource and unpredictable vessel schedules, means that container delivery moves are failing, with unclaimed imports building up and rising container stack levels prompting Felixstowe and London Gateway to start refusing empty containers. The shortage…

Rising HGV driver numbers ease crisis

A recent surge in HGV tests by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and drivers re-entering the profession, has added over 50,000 to the number of qualified HGV drivers, raising hopes that the driver shortage crisis might be subsiding. While…

Empty container threat to supply chains

When bottlenecks and disruption finally ease and global supply chains finally start to return to some form of normality, which many hope to see in the second half of the year, the transition may result in yet another problem –…

SUPPLY CHAIN ALERT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: UKRAINE CONFLICT

We are closely the evolving situation and evaluating the wider supply chain impact of the sanctions and restrictions that are being imposed on the Russian regime. With so much uncertainty and ‘Force Majeure’ being called by insurers, carriers and other…

Freight market report – May 2022

Our May freight market report provides international freight, carrier and situation updates, so that you have the intelligence and insights you need to make informed supply chain decisions in the coming weeks. (more…)

Warehouse space could run out within a year

Sustained consumer demand, especially online, driven by the COVID-related shift to product purchase, rather than services spending has resulted in an unprecedented squeeze on logistics space which has fallen to record low, according to data from commercial property experts. (more…)

Freight market report – February 2022

Supply chain pressures remain well above their pre-pandemic levels, on all modes, with 2022 starting pretty much as last year finished, but there are indications that disruption may soon start to recede and analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of…

The pandemic’s impact on the global supply chain

From empty shelves upsetting shoppers and parts shortages interrupting manufacturers, to shipping delays and soaring costs, the pandemic has shone a spotlight on the global supply chain and the challenges in keeping goods moving efficiently along it. (more…)