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原文传递 FREIGHT FORWARDERS:Managing the storm with technology

题名：	FREIGHT FORWARDERS:Managing the storm with technology
正文语种：	eng
作者：	KAREN E. THUERMER
摘要：	The global COVID-19 pandemic has created a climate of uncertain!) for the freight forwarding industry and a perfect storm of challenges, including skyrocketing freight rates due to capacity crunches in supply chain networks; escalating demand for consumer goods and e-commerce; mounting port congestion and port closures; increasing container shortages due, in part, to abandoned cargo; and continuing factors such as illness among port and terminal operators, bad weather, and the Suez Canal being blocked for nearly a week."Simultaneously, companies are replenishing their inventories, which is overwhelming the ocean freight market and creating a shortage of containers," says Cathy Morrow Rober-son, president of he consulting firm Logistics Trends and Insight. "Trying to track down those containers, get them back to Asia, and get them filled and to final destination is taking time."
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	Logistics Management
卷：	60
期：	5