
More Congestion, More Surcharges It’s no secret that Trans-Pacific shipping is getting more and more expensive. There is widespread and legitimate fear and frustration from shippers across the globe that…
More Congestion, More Surcharges It’s no secret that Trans-Pacific shipping is getting more and more expensive. There is widespread and legitimate fear and frustration from shippers across the globe that…
Freight Wait Summer You might have noticed that summer is in full swing! #vaccinated is trending, cities are opening up, and mask mandates are easing. After almost two years of…
Long-Tail Risk? There Is No ‘Normal’ Distribution Anymore In 2021, regional bottlenecks have wreaked havoc on global trade. The shock of events like the Suez blockage and the ongoing COVID…
Have You Covered Your Long-Tail Risk? If 2020 has taught the world anything, it’s if things can go wrong, they will go wrong. In the spirit of that, we want…
Bitter Cargo On March 29, the Ever Given was freed from the Suez Canal after being stuck for six excruciating days. It required the combined efforts of elite international crews,…
Does Your Supply Chain Need a Second Opinion? It seems that COVID-19 has succeeded where other disasters had failed. It opened people’s eyes to widespread vulnerabilities within our lean, cost-optimized…