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Analysis: Supply chain awards 2019, and the winners (and losers) are…

9 December 2019

The challenge was to sum up a year of supply chain achievements in 30 words for each global player on my radar?
Accepted.
Yet be safe in the knowledge we will overlook corporate strategy here, rather focussing on hard evidence and the performance of the majors as the year joyfully draws to a close.
First things first.
The 2019 star: Hapag-Lloyd.
Its stock up 226%; 2019e free cash flow yield 13%; net debt up 15.3%, free …

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3PLs needn’t fear etailers doing logistics, but to prosper, they must add value

21 November 2019

Freight forwarders have nothing to fear from the in-sourcing of transport by etailers – but they must invest in technology and add value for their customers, if they want to participate in an expected doubling of growth over the next decade.
“The only limit on 3PLs is what is between their CEOs’ ears,” said Robert Voltmann, secretary general of Fiata and president of the Transportation Intermediaries Association.
“We see the 3PL industry doubling in size over …

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Supply chain radar: The vertical push of Cosco/OOCL via JD.com is a timely masterstroke

12 April 2019

There are two reasons why last week’s news that OOIL/OOCL and its owner Cosco Shipping Holdings are strengthening their ties with JD.com could be a game-changer, which is arguably part of the paradigm shift we are witnessing in the logistics industry on a global scale.
In this context, controlling the vertical integration of upstream flows – a la CMA CGM + Ceva Logistics – is just one part of the jigsaw, and …

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COSCO partners with logistics giant

10 April 2019

JD.com announced a joint venture between its Jindong Logistics subsidiary and OOCL Logistics and COSCO Marine Logistics, which are subsidiaries of the China Ocean Shipping Company, or COSCO Shipping Group.

The partnership represents a meeting of two logistics giants. Shanghai-based COSCO Shipping Group is a Chinese state-owned enterprise and the world’s largest integrated shipping company, with a total fleet of 1,274 vessels, and investments in 56 shipping terminals worldwide. Jingdong Logistics...

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CH Robinson targets Chinese import market as consumer spending rockets

26 November 2018

With the US-China trade war showing no sign of abating, CH Robinson is setting its sights on China’s booming import market.
The 3PL already controls some 364,000 teu of Chinese eexport transpacific traffic to the US, making it the largest non-vessel operator (NVO) on the tradelane.
However, according to John Chen, vice-president of CH Robinson Asia Global Forwarding, the company is keen to increase volumes tied to China’s ballooning import market, which is …

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