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How sanctions affect shipping companies and trade

Shipping and Freight Resource

In the US there is a special body responsible for control over the above issue: Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department (OFAC). Passage through Kerch Strait by vessels is a prime example of possible financing (or other financial impacts) in favor of maritime business entities being subject to sanctions.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Drivers’ adherence to routes is visible in real-time, and planners can even change a driver’s itinerary on the fly, in response to a long traffic tailback, for example. Of course, every company with a distribution fleet to manage will have achieved some degree of maturity in the route optimisation journey.