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How to Navigate the Challenges of the Holiday Peak Shipping Season | Red Arrow Logistics
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How to Navigate the Challenges of the Holiday Peak Shipping Season

  • September 12, 2022
We all know that the holiday peak shipping season can bring challenges. Supply chain disruptions of the last few years have made it difficult to predict exactly how this holiday season will go. Figuring out what needs to be prioritized during this busy season is part of a good logistics strategy. Retailers must review their […]
Container Shortage Impacts Shipping and U.S Exporters | Red Arrow Logistics
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Container Shortage Impacts to U.S Imports and Exports

  • November 23, 2020
With the holiday season upon us, and more consumers than ever doing their shopping online, retailers who are trying to stock up have added to the capacity squeeze in November. During the last several months, the demand for imports has skyrocketed, freight rates for container liners have continued to rise, and capacity has continued to […]
Shipping Capacity to Tighten for Holiday 2020 | Red Arrow Logistics
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Shipping Capacity to Tighten for Holiday 2020

  • November 20, 2020
Several factors are resulting in a shipping shortage in the next few months as the holiday season is here. Container ordering and scheduling can tell a lot about the economy. Demand for container ordering and shipping is strong, and Chinese container factories are sold out until February 2021. With just a few producers in China […]
Container slots sell out, risking holiday ‘shipageddon’ | Red Arrow Logistics
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Container slots sell out, risking holiday ‘shipageddon’

  • November 9, 2020
No respite yet for trans-Pacific container-shipping demand frenzy “The ships are 100% full. The containers are 100% full. You can’t get a container built. You can’t pick up a ship from the spot market. The whole container-shipping cycle is at absolutely full pulse,” exclaimed Jeremy Nixon, CEO of Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world’s sixth-largest container […]