Port Dwell, Not Sea Miles, Now Sets the Inventory Call
Port dwell, not sea distance, now sets how long inventory is frozen. A global congestion headline does not tell a plant whether to raise stock. It tells…
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Evan Porter
Port-to-Warehouse Coordination Failures Push Shippers Toward Real-Time Orchestration Platforms
For many importers, the most expensive supply chain disruptions no longer begin in the middle of the ocean. They begin after the container reaches the…
New Facility Risk Reports Target Blind Spots in Supplier Screening
For supplier-screening and procurement teams, the problem is not a missing policy. It is a missing view of the plant that actually ships the parts.…
4 Shipping Companies Present a Greener Course. Emissions Are Still Moving in the Other Direction
The latest sustainability reports from ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and OOCL point to meaningful investments in more efficient vessels, alternative fuels,…
The Red Sea Crisis Is Turning Supply Chain Resilience Into a Financial Decision
Pressure on Bab el-Mandeb is no longer an isolated shipping disruption. The Houthi expansion along Yemen’s Red Sea coast comes as traffic through the…
21 Taiwan CFS Operators Penalized Over Coordinated Handling Fee
Taiwan’s Maritime and Port Bureau told The Supply Chainer: “The penalties targeted the operators’ agreement to coordinate fee collection, while individual…
Trade-Compliance Platforms Cut Cross-Border Approval Cycles
A shipment clears manufacturing but stalls at export review. Customs documentation is incomplete. Export-control licensing requirements changed last week,…
