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COVID-19 – South African shipping perspective

Shipping and Freight Resource

26 tugs; 9 pilot boats; 2 pilot helicopters; 7 work boats; 4 dredgers; and 3 survey boats. While having an open economy is a good thing, it does expose the country to greater volatility as the economy is influenced by global events and economies to a large extent. using below key resources *. Information from Transnet website.

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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

GlobalTranz

Even though these events do not necessarily represent a threat on US soil, consumers want products that are related to safe areas. These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014. In contrast, there were 47 recall notices of U.S.-made

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% The Institute for Supply Management, which conducts monthly economic surveys, found that nearly three-quarters of the companies it contacted in late February and early March reported some kind of supply chain disruption. in manufacturing dominance.