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The supply chain management and logistics industries move quickly. Our team provides time-sensitive and urgent information about conditions affecting markets around the world. Read more by clicking on one of the stories below.
European Factory Closures Continue, Trucking Supply Declines Correspondingly
We continue to hear from our partner agencies in Europe that because governments are taking increasing steps to reduce community spread, businesses are closing or being ordered closed by local and national governments. Anecdotally, and based on what we are hearing...
Indian Lockdown, U.S. Rail Challenges, Turkish Trucker Quarantine And Air Freight Is “Charter Or Bust”
India’s government locked the country down for its 1.3 billion people. As COVID-19 starts to spread in India, the government has taken the very firm and strict stance that businesses must shutter and residents must stay home. While the United States and Europe are...
Blanked Sailings, India Reacts To COVID-19, Italian Government Requires Shutdowns
TOC, along with our global partners in Europe and Asia, is committed to monitoring the conditions in countries where our customers supply chains reach – whether as an origin, destination or transit point. With a new week comes changes across Europe and the Indian...
Easter Blanked Sailings, Shelter-In-Place Orders And Business Continuity
Every day, TOC holds a status call with our account managers, planners and partners in Europe to share what changes in conditions have taken place in the preceding 24 hours. This is insightful for all of us because as we rely on our team of subject matter experts who...
European Transport Situation Remains Fluid As China Reopens For Business
With current dynamic state of freight transport, we are sharing our latest market intelligence to help guide customers in minimizing, wherever possible, delays and extra costs in their supply chains. For Europe, we are not currently seeing issues preventing pickups...
Protection on the Dock: Working to ensure safe person-to-person contact
The challenges posed by COVID-19 and the solutions that are required to simultaneously maintain the flow of goods while ensuring the protection of vital and important workers who have person-to-person contact during the process of picking up and delivering cargo is of...
European travel restrictions imposed by Denmark, Poland and Czech Republic
Today, in an effort to flatten the curve of COVID-19, a number of European countries announced their intention of closing their borders to foreign nationals. As of this writing, that list includes Denmark, Poland and the Czech Republic. See:...
Protection On The Dock: Working To Ensure Safe Person-To-Person Contact
The challenges posed by COVID-19 and the solutions that are required to simultaneously maintain the flow of goods while ensuring the protection of vital and important workers who have person-to-person contact during the process of picking up and delivering cargo is of...
European Travel Restrictions Imposed By Denmark, Poland And Czech Republic
Today, in an effort to flatten the curve of COVID-19, a number of European countries announced their intention of closing their borders to foreign nationals. As of this writing, that list includes Denmark, Poland and the Czech Republic....
European Equipment Shortages
As we have been detailing on our COVID-19 update page, the lack of cargo departing China is creating equipment imbalances in all parts of the world. Exporters rely on a steady supply of import containers to load for export, whether back to Asia or elsewhere in the...