News 21st January

Chain Reaction

All things impacting global supply chains this week:

• Port of Antwerp Bruges New Gen Circular Economy Project to build a plastic recycling plant at the Port.
• Mario Paganini from Stord writes about doing more with less.
• Hapag Lloyd FE9 managing ocean freight demand and over capacity.
• Port of Georgia handled 6 million TEUs in 2022.
• James E Martin comments on the Procurement Professionals Survey conducted at the end of December. More investment is needed in technology. What do the C suite not understand about supply chains?
• Climate change impacting ocean going supply chains. Port designers have their work cut out to meet the challenges. University of Oxford Report.
  International trade and world economies exposed to multi-billion-dollar climate risk to ports - Oxford study | University of Oxford
• Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC reported downturns in global sea traffic. Noted that there are four trends painting a picture of the future supply chain.
• Veronica Bates Kassatly commented on CHG emissions in the Fashion Industry and a recent McKinsey Report
• More cyber attacks disrupting supply chains.
• British Volt finally bowed out as the juice ran out this week.
• Tessla's 2016 staged video report emerges
• Automated Trucks

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About Tony Hines and the Chain Reaction Podcast – All About Supply Chain Advantage
I have been researching and writing about supply chains for over 25 years. I wrote my first book on supply chain strategies in the early 2000s. The latest edition is published in 2024 available from Routledge, Amazon and all good book stores. Each week we have special episodes on particular topics relating to supply chains. We have a weekly news round up every Saturday at 12 noon...