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Australia’s East-West and North-South freight routes appear to have escaped the impacts of the heavy rain in SA. This is roughly where heavy rain in 2022 cut both East West and North South freight movements for over a month. The tacky lime green are our major freight routes (red are closed roads)

According to Freight News: Extreme weather along South Africa’s coast pushed container throughput down to its lowest levels in weeks, the latest Cargo Movement Update compiled by the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (Saaff) and Business Unity SA (Busa) has found. For the week ending April 12, commercial ports handled an average of 6 180 containers per day, significantly down from the 8 061 containers processed the previous week. To put it in perspective, throughput had decreased from more than 8 800 to less than 7 200 week-on-week (w-o-w), towards the end of March, heralding a new low for container handling and underscoring the latest reported w-o-w depressed figures of 6 180. “Terrible weather, equipment breakdowns, and a system failure dominated port operations,” Saaff and Busa said. At the Port of Cape Town, nature’s merciless effect was particularly impactful, as more than 60 operational hours were lost. “In contrast, equipment breakdowns, a system failure, and adverse weather constituted the majority of delays in Durban.” Elsewhere, stormy conditions also lashed the ports of East London and Port Elizabeth (Gqberha), where operations were characterised by strong winds, rain and vessel ranging. At the Port of Richards Bay about 30 operational hours were lost due to high swells and poor weather conditions. Find out more about our logistics services. Visit our website https://lnkd.in/dSXvUYJY.

As the Panama Canal faces severe droughts, impacting global trade routes, Yaneth Castaneda, Head of Industrial Products for Central America and the Caribbean at DHL Global Forwarding Panama, shares valuable insights: “In our industry, logistics, what is for sure is that something will change. That’s what makes logistics fascinating, right? For us at DHL, it’s crucial to be quick, and to adapt to those changes.” DHL continues to adapt and offer flexible solutions to ensure timely delivery and resilience despite the challenges posed by fluctuating conditions. https://okt.to/j0d4lV

As the Panama Canal faces severe droughts, impacting global trade routes, Yaneth Castaneda, Head of Industrial Products for Central America and the Caribbean at DHL Global Forwarding Panama, shares valuable insights: “In our industry, logistics, what is for sure is that something will change. That’s what makes logistics fascinating, right? For us at DHL, it’s crucial to be quick, and to adapt to those changes.” DHL continues to adapt and offer flexible solutions to ensure timely delivery and resilience despite the challenges posed by fluctuating conditions. https://okt.to/ANM4Es

As the Panama Canal faces severe droughts, impacting global trade routes, Yaneth Castaneda, Head of Industrial Products for Central America and the Caribbean at DHL Global Forwarding Panama, shares valuable insights: “In our industry, logistics, what is for sure is that something will change. That’s what makes logistics fascinating, right? For us at DHL, it’s crucial to be quick, and to adapt to those changes.” DHL continues to adapt and offer flexible solutions to ensure timely delivery and resilience despite the challenges posed by fluctuating conditions. https://okt.to/nKDX3Q

As the Panama Canal faces severe droughts, impacting global trade routes, Yaneth Castaneda, Head of Industrial Products for Central America and the Caribbean at DHL Global Forwarding Panama, shares valuable insights: “In our industry, logistics, what is for sure is that something will change. That’s what makes logistics fascinating, right? For us at DHL, it’s crucial to be quick, and to adapt to those changes.” DHL continues to adapt and offer flexible solutions to ensure timely delivery and resilience despite the challenges posed by fluctuating conditions. https://okt.to/CA82PU

As the Panama Canal faces severe droughts, impacting global trade routes, Yaneth Castaneda, Head of Industrial Products for Central America and the Caribbean at DHL Global Forwarding Panama, shares valuable insights: “In our industry, logistics, what is for sure is that something will change. That’s what makes logistics fascinating, right? For us at DHL, it’s crucial to be quick, and to adapt to those changes.” DHL continues to adapt and offer flexible solutions to ensure timely delivery and resilience despite the challenges posed by fluctuating conditions. https://okt.to/1ILwHk

As the Panama Canal faces severe droughts, impacting global trade routes, Yaneth Castaneda, Head of Industrial Products for Central America and the Caribbean at DHL Global Forwarding Panama, shares valuable insights: “In our industry, logistics, what is for sure is that something will change. That’s what makes logistics fascinating, right? For us at DHL, it’s crucial to be quick, and to adapt to those changes.” DHL continues to adapt and offer flexible solutions to ensure timely delivery and resilience despite the challenges posed by fluctuating conditions. https://okt.to/LIduns

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