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Coronavirus Latest Assessment: 01 Apr 2020
01 Apr 2020: Coronavirus latest impact assessmentWe publish our latest container shipping ’insight’ assessment - which coincides with the publication of our flagship Container Forecaster quarterly edition update.
04 Feb 2020: Time for a coronavirus contingency plan in container shipping
Logistics Executive Briefing: Health crises cannot be ignored by shippers. Exporters and importers have to deal with issues in the real world and need to activate contingency plans as the coronavirus effects spread.
30 Jan 2020 Container shipping: Coronavirus impact assessment
Our Maritime Financial Research team look at some of the historical precedents to give context to the current outbreak.
04 Dec 2019: Drewry launches free BAF Index Tracker
We’ve introduced a simple, clear indexing mechanism to help determine changes in the BAF charges during the lifetime of a contract.
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16 Jan 2020
Drewry: modest outlook for container market
The outlook for the container shipping market remains soft despite the welcome boost of the ‘phase one’ trade agreement signed by the US and China, according to Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster.
08 Jan 2020
Drewry launches new fuel advisory services for shippers and forwarders
Drewry’s freight cost benchmarking and procurement support division, is pleased to announce the launch of a new range of fuel advisory and management services designed exclusively for shippers and forwarders.
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Mastercard wanted to evaluate the readiness of the container freight industry to adopt a value proposition for procure-to-pay automation that would incorporate core Mastercard benefits such as payment guarantees.
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Drewry Supply Chain Advisors was selected to manage the 2016 global ocean tender for a US-headquartered global producer of technology products combining procurement best practices, the latest technology and freight cost benchmarks in Drewry’s e-Sourcing Ocean Freight Solution (eSOFS).
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Customised Real Time Benchmarking · Latest release 01 Apr 2020
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Quarterly In-depth Market Forecasts · Latest release 01 Apr 2020
Widely regarded as the go-to reference for the global container industry, this product provides comprehensive market forecasts and analysis for container trade and port volumes, global supply and demand, trade route analysis and much more. All quarterly report updates are accompanied by tables, charts and graphs in MS Excel format.
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