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Shanghai implements largest ever lockdown

China’s most populous city and its financial hub, is implementing a city-wide lockdown, after battling a new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks for nearly a month. In the following nine days, Shanghai will be locked down in two stages, with the

March Market Update

Our monthly market report provides international freight, carrier and rate insights, to provide supply chain forecasts for the weeks ahead. With surface and air routes between Asia and Europe that traverse Russia unavailable for commercial cargo movement, we consider the demand

Shenzhen lockdown and Shanghai close to passenger flights

Shipping lines are considering schedule adjustments as the Chinese city of Shenzhen begins lockdown, until Sunday, at the earliest and Shanghai Pudong airport closes to to inbound passenger flights. Authorities in Langfang, which borders Beijing and Dongguan, in Guangdong prvince, have

Supply chains and the Ukraine war

It is just twelve days since Russia invaded its neighbour and it is becoming clear that the sanctions and embargoes imposed by the UK and other governments are adding further strain to international supply chains, already struggling with the prolonged

Growing retail in the post-COVID world

COVID has accelerated an online shift that was already leaving many retailers behind and with the traditional high street seemingly consigned to history, Noatum Logistics has released a new white paper – The post-COVID retail challenge – which outlines the