The latest in an ever-lengthening line of shippers chartering their own vessels to bypass container supply chain congestion is UK supermarket Asda, according to this report from the BBC, which notes that a vessel carrying 350 boxes for Asda has left China and is on its way to the UK. “This is the first time Asda has chartered its own ship and we have done so to navigate the industry-wide …
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