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Supply chain invests in visibility to combat shipping chaos

A survey of over 350 supply chain professionals by FourKites found that 73% of respondents said they had invested in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023. However, The Great Reset: Ocean Shipping in a Post-Pandemic World also found that 50% said they had zero visibility into their ocean freight, with more than 20% relying on manual track-and-trace processes to track their ocean freight. More than half of ... [+]

Brexit leads to surge in delays, says FourKites

The FourKites visibility platform says that there was a spike in delays to road transport to and from the UK after Brexit. It says that on-time performance of shipments was significantly impacted by the official completion of Brexit starting at the beginning of 2021, though there has since been some recovery ... [+]

East overtakes West for US imports

With strikes and congestion hitting Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland over the past year, US East Coast port volumes are overtaking the West Coast says shipping visibility specialist FourKites in a report published on 23 November. It said that by August 2021, US  West Coast ports already accounted for 48% ... [+]

US patent for FourKites solution

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has been awarded a US patent for its ocean shipment solutions. FourKites’ says that its technology allows  shippers to quickly identify and address any missing, incorrect or incomplete supporting documentation. By integrating international documentation requirements with ocean freight visibility, FourKites automates the matching of specific ... [+]

Port strikes start to bite

Shipping visibility firm FourKites says there has been a significant increase in days at terminal after the first strike began at the Port of Felixstowe On 21 August (the day the first strike began), ocean shipments (including import/export/transshipment) at had been at terminal for 5.5 days on average. By 30 August, ... [+]

FourKites soars in Europe

Supply chain visibility platform FourKites says is has achieved 148% growth in European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) shipments over the last 12 months. The number of customers tracking loads with FourKites in the region has grown by 59% in while the number of carriers tracking shipments has increased by ... [+]

FourKites recruits shipping expert

Shipping visibility platform FourKites has appointed Philippe Salles as vice president of strategic solutions (ocean). He brings experience from CMA CGM, INTTRA and maritime research and consultancy firm Drewry. [+]

Russian imports fall but Ukraine recovers

Import volume into Russia continues to decline, says visibility specialist FourKites. The four-week average Russian import volume across all modes was down 10% week-over-week and down 81% since before the invasion began. Import volume into Ukraine has though seen a slight recovery over the past few weeks, with the four-week average ... [+]

FourKites gains Cloud security certification

Supply chain visibility platform FourKites® has gained the ISO 27017 standard for Cloud service security and ISO 27018 for data privacy as part of its ISO 27001 security management certification, fiollowing an independent audit. ISO 27017 provides guidelines for information security controls specific to the provisioning and use of Cloud ... [+]

Covid shutdowns put more strain on supply chain

Visibility specialist FourKites says that China’s zero-Covid policy is putting severe strain on supply chains across the country with factories and warehouses being frequently shut down for short periods and trucks sometimes being stopped from travelling. At Shenzhen, normally the country’s second busiest port, volumes were sharply as authorities there have ... [+]

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