The Dispatch - Issue #6
Liner shipping in 2022 - Splash247
The only certainty in the container shipping market today is that annual contract freight rates this year will be going up by more than 60% on the major routes
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The 4-day workweek becomes permanent for tech company Bolt
A four-day workweek is now a permanent perk for employees of tech unicorn Bolt.
The San Francisco-based e-commerce developer piloted the program last fall, and the results were overwhelmingly positive, said founder and CEO Ryan Breslow.
Midsize businesses are 'thinking big' for supply chain workarounds: survey | Supply Chain Dive
Outside of finding workers, midsize businesses pointed to the clogged supply chain as their biggest issue, according to the survey. Both are major hurdles these companies will need to clear to keep costs down in 2022.
Max Garland
Logistics Tweets
A few thoughts on how massively and irrevocably the ocean service contracting has changed since the onset of Covid, ahead of our #TPM22 panel led by @joc_updates executive editor @MarkSzakonyi https://t.co/vU4xNBxSG5 pic.twitter.com/aEYjVwvQJN
— Peter Tirschwell (@PeterTirschwell) January 10, 2022
Marking a first for the @Port_of_Tyne the first ever container shipment of goods coming directly from China into the UK has docked and been efficiently unloaded in South Shields.https://t.co/djGZToz8lq pic.twitter.com/GMu09bu9ME
— CILT(UK) (@ciltuk) January 11, 2022
Coronavirus tests were ordered for 14 million people in China’s northern port city of Tianjin on January 9, after 20 local infections were detected. pic.twitter.com/4XQjnP8Rxv
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) January 10, 2022
We’re making history, again. #project44 closed 2021 with a $420 million investment and pre-money business valuation of $2.2 billion – further accelerating innovation for greater #supplychain execution.
— project44 (@freightpipes) January 11, 2022
Find out why project44 is the #1 market leader: https://t.co/a1wf1dAtBh pic.twitter.com/BG70WZyNE4