摘要: |
As if 2021 wasn't bad enough, 2022 is presenting additional layers of disruption to global freight markets with further COVID-re-lated lockdowns, especially in China; Russia's invasion of Ukraine; exceptionally strong increases in energy prices; heightened competition for talent; and inflation and recession worries that an hitting multiple geographies and supply chains at different locations at different times. Against this backdrop, buoyant global trade and capacity shortages in ocean and air transport have caused rates to escalate to historic highs. |