Ascent Global Logistics Blog
Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to wreak havoc on global supply chains. While China’s manufacturing and logistical networks have started recovering, the U.S. is just beginning to feel the COVID-19 logistics impact. Ascent’s global transportation and trade team has compiled three tips to help companies know what to expect in the weeks to come.
Each year, importers place millions of purchase orders with overseas suppliers. With little to no visibility, collaboration, or transparency in place, importers spend countless hours each week manually managing their purchase orders.
New developments continue surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Below are the critical things you should know:
Over the last week, many events in international trade and the global supply chain have occurred. Below is a recap of the critical things you should know:
The coronavirus outbreak continues to cause disruptions to the global supply chain. The ocean carriers are continuing to void sailings or cancel port calls to reduce space, trying to deal with a lack of China base port cargo.
As the coronavirus outbreak worsens, global supply chains have begun to suffer the effects of the fallout. Due to the delays in inland truck transport caused by coronavirus restrictions, many refrigerated containers (reefers) filled with perishable cargo for the Chinese population are unable to connect to power via reefer plugs at terminals while waiting to be picked up by a truck.
General Rate Increase (GRI) Season is officially here and is top of mind for most Less-than-Truckload (LTL) shippers. The GRI season occurs on an annual basis and is when Less-than-Truckload carriers commonly increase rates.
Severe winter weather is currently impacting critical shipping lanes across the United States. Snow and ice have covered a large percentage of Midwestern and Northeastern states, covering roadways from Texas to Maine.
Today, February 5, 2020, it was announced that all trucks and warehouses in Shanghai and Ningbo, China are not allowed to run from today through February 9, 2020, according to the government.