With planned industrial action already hitting headlines in the first weeks of 2024, a new study has found that around half of UK frontline or deskless staff working in transport and distribution are still struggling to cover their basic living costs.
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RSSRed Sea diversions add nearly a million dollars per voyage to shipping costs while doubling transit time
Jan 26, 2024
The incremental costs of diverting a tanker from Asia to NW Europe via the Cape of Good Hope is accounting for an extra $932,905 USD per voyage while increasing transit time from 16 days to 32 days. This is according to a report by LSEG Shipping Research.
Logistics UK unveils General Election Manifesto
Jan 23, 2024
The UK’s next government must appoint a Minister for Logistics and Supply Chain if future growth is to be driven across the whole economy, according to business group Logistics UK.
Zebra study: Warehouse operators get serious about AI, as industry disruption looms
Jan 22, 2024
Zebra Technologies Corporation has found that warehousing operators are getting serious about a range of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, as industry disruption looms large, according to the Zebra 2023 Making Modern Warehousing a Reality: Supply Chain Resiliency & Agility research paper.
FMI’ Analyst view: ‘Bagging Brilliance: Revamping Fast Food Packaging for the Modern Consumer’
Jan 16, 2024
The fast food bag market is estimated to be valued at US$ 486.0 million in 2024. The market valuation was US$ 460.7 million in 2023. The market is projected to progress at a CAGR of 5.5% over the forecast period from 2024 to 2034. By 2034, the market is expected to reach US$ 830.2 million.
North America and Europe are two of the dominant regions in the market. Fast food is consumed heavily in the region owing to the busy working population’s tendency towards quick fixes when it comes to eating.
Container xChange unveils January ’24 Container Market Forecaster
Jan 09, 2024
Container xChange has released its New Year’s Edition Container Market Forecaster, shedding light on the escalating geopolitical risks set to reshape the landscape of global trade in 2024.
In response to these geopolitical risks, the majority of shipping professionals surveyed in the month of December 2023, by Container xChange, are gearing up to enhance resilience through strategic initiatives like - ‘risk assessment and scenario planning’, ‘diversification of routes’ and ‘suppliers and regulatory compliance’.
Air cargo enters 2024 with cautious optimism after December demand and rates boost
Jan 08, 2024
2024 may herald the start of a new economic growth cycle for the global air cargo industry after last year ended with a +9% year-on-year rise in demand and the general air cargo spot rate reached its highest level in nine months, suggests the latest weekly market data analysis by Xeneta.
Improving your demand and fulfilment processes
Jan 02, 2024
LogisticsHandling.com spoke with leading representatives from the analyst and vendor communities to discuss some of the most important key talking points and areas of innovation taking place within demand forecasting and planning technology. With a more fragmented and volatile playing field becoming the norm, companies need to be able to make better more accurate decisions to manage anticipated and actual demand as well as execute and fulfil orders as efficiently as possible.
What does a blockade of the Red Sea mean for supply chains?
Jan 02, 2024
By Patrick Lepperhoff, Principal at INVERTO and supply chain management expert.
We experienced what a blockade of the Red Sea means in spring 2021 when the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal. Within a few days, a traffic jam of several hundred ships formed.
FMI’ Analyst view: ‘Spray to success: Exploring the aerosol packaging frontier’
Dec 19, 2023
The aerosol packaging market size is projected to be valued at US$ 7.5 billion in 2024 and is expected to rise to US$ 12.3 billion by 2034. The global aerosol packaging market is expected to grow at a rate of 5.0% during the forecast period. In 2023, the market was valued at US$ 7.2 billion.