Global shipping congestion calls for greater visibility

Capacity has just about reached its limit on the global stage as shippers and importers continue to brave exorbitant rates and ever-increasing tightness.

Third-party logistics services provider GEODIS echoed one U.K.-based forwarder’s sentiment that the “perfect storm” troubling ocean freight waters following the unprecedented Suez Canal blockage has only worsened. Rates continue to approach unsustainable levels on Asia-Europe lanes, which is hurting the freight’s movers and end consumers.

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E-commerce growth furthers interest in direct-from-origin shipping options

In recent years, consumers have consistently put pressure on companies to amp up their online options. E-commerce sales have steadily grown year-over-year for the last couple of decades. E-commerce’s share of total retail sales has historically climbed about 1% each year. That changed in 2020. 

Americans’ previously slow-growing fervor for online shopping was shifted into high gear when the coronavirus pandemic started making its way across the nation in March 2020. According to U.S. Census...

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