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Thinking about potential challenges, or keen to learn from other people in the industry? Set sail and discover more with our blog articles. Each article is designed to give insights into various shipping topics. Whether it’s the latest in shipping solutions, new global trade routes, or news about different product shipments, read our full range of articles now.
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How to Reshape Your Supply Chain for e-Commerce Success
The rise of e-commerce has unlocked unprecedented opportunities for businesses and consumers alike. With the click of a button, consumers can browse, buy, and receive items from anywhere in the world, making shopping more convenient, accessible, and hassle-free than ever before.
Episode One: Short Sea Shipping is Only Port-to-Port
In episode one we explore the perception that Short Sea Shipping in only port-to-port. This commonly held belief is understandable at first glance because, as we know, ships cannot travel on land.
Supply Chain Transformation: Smarter with Smart Containers
Smart containers are equipped with internet-enabled devices that collect and transmit data about the container’s location, temperature, humidity, and other conditions. This data is accessible to stakeholders in your supply chain via system integration, allowing more efficient tracking and management of cargo.
Harmonizing Customer Experiences Across Every Channel with Omnichannel Logistics
Omnichannel logistics is a multi-channel approach to interacting with customers and delivering goods. The approach emphasizes the synchronization of inventory, order management and distribution so that customers can access services across multiple channels interchangeably and seamlessly.
The Transformative Impact of E-commerce on Shipping
In recent years, e-commerce has experienced a meteoric rise, empowering consumers by providing them with personalized recommendations based on browsing and purchase history. Not only has this enhanced how people shop, but also transformed the retail landscape, by reducing reliance on physical storefronts and instead encouraging more people to browse online.
Unveiling the transformative impact of megaships in container shipping industry
As they are significantly larger than most container ships, megaships have the capacity to carry an extraordinary number of shipping containers, often exceeding 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). These giants of the shipping world have been on the rise, impacting not only those who work directly in the industry but also different businesses operating in various sectors due to their effects.
Mastering the Art of Supply Chain Resilience
In some cases, the impact of global events means there has been a shift from ‘just in time’ management to ‘just in case’ supply chain management, which involves companies holding larger inventories as a precautionary measure to safeguard against potential disruptions. While this can help to create a greater assurance of product availability, ‘just in case’ supply chain management brings its own additional challenges, including higher holding costs and a reduced capacity to adjust to fluctuations in demand.
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Brewing Success: Coffee Shipping in Vietnam
With strong and bold flavours, the Vietnamese coffee bean has propelled itself into economic importance, as one of the country’s most significant agricultural exports and one of the world’s most sought-after coffee varieties. With concerns around infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and the delicate balance between high production volumes and quality standards, the Vietnamese coffee market is not without its challenges.
Charging Global Trade: Shipping Lithium Batteries Internationally
Because they can store up to four times more energy per unit of mass than other batteries, lithium batteries carry a much greater fire risk. While larger EV batteries can catch fire much more easily compared to smaller lithium batteries used in phones and tablets, all appropriate safety measures and regulations must be followed throughout shipping.
Shipping Dangerous Goods
The UN Model Regulations separate dangerous or hazardous substances into nine classes all of which can pose a threat to human and animal life, material property, or the environment if they leak or are mishandled in any way. These classes are not ordered in terms of severity but by substance type. Each class of hazardous goods determines how the cargo can be shipped and what measures need to be in place throughout transportation.
Fresh Horizons: Best Practices when Shipping Perishable Goods Internationally
Classified as any products susceptible to spoilage or decay, or with a limited shelf life after harvest or production, perishable goods are found in much of our everyday life. From delicious baked goods and eggs eaten at breakfast to the cosmetics products you may use to get ready, to the meat, fish, or dairy products you might enjoy at dinner, these commodities are an inherent part of everyday life.
Electric Vehicle Supply Chain and Logistics
It is estimated that electric vehicles (EVs) will represent over 60% of new global car sales by 2030. Many countries have also announced that they will ban the sales of traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the next decade. As the transportation of ICE vehicles and their parts has always been a major part of global shipping, companies shipping, or relying on ICE products will need to adjust their supply chains to accommodate this new development in the automotive industry.
Nothing Goes to Waste: Shipping Used Products
There are innumerable products that can have a second, or even third life, simply by being recycled and reused. This includes everything from scrap aluminium and copper to used clothing and linen, all of which are frequently shipped around the world to be transformed into something new.
Navigating India’s Rice Export Industry with MSC
Globally, India is known for exporting several types of rice, with Basmati and Par-boiled being some of the most popular. Basmati rice, renowned for its long grains and aromatic fragrance, is a major export, with high demand in numerous markets. As such, facilitating successful rice exports from India is vital for businesses involved in the industry. To ensure all exports are as quick and easy as possible, all regulatory compliance and documentation must be handled effectively to avoid costly delays.