Shenzhen’s lockdown will only make supply chain issues worse

Barcelona, April 26, 2022.- According to Fortune magazine, a COVID outbreak in Shanghai has doubled the number of ships stuck offshore in China. After the pandemic, and the chip crisis, and the war in Ukraine, “disrupted” seems to be the default state of global supply chains. But the pandemic isn’t over yet, and a COVID outbreak in China is only making supply constraints worse.

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AI’s ability to streamline so many supply chain and logistics functions is already delivering a competitive advantage for cutting shipping times and costs

Barcelona, April 19, 2022.Business Insider has published a report on the quality of artificial intelligence (AI) in the daily management of a supply chain. The savings and benefits are as follows:

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“It could take five years for UK ports to get back to pre-pandemic freight levels”

Barcelona, April 12, 2022.- According to the Logistics Business magazine, it could take five years for UK ports to get back to pre-pandemic freight levels, with rising costs, bottlenecks, driver shortages and Brexit delaying recovery.

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The Biden Administration points to maritime transport to contain inflation

Barcelona, April 5, 2022.- The Web Archive Today has published the following analysis on logistics prices in the United States, specifically the prices of freight in maritime transport that increased during the Pandemic. The risks of very high inflation worry all governments.

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