6-minute read
Today we look at the most important business concerns for companies worldwide for 2023.
Inflationary pressures, energy prices, climate change, digitalization, and geopolitical uncertainty test already strained business models and supply chains, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer, which complied responses from 2,712 risk management experts from a record 94 countries.
10-minute read
Today we’re looking at that strange time of shipping and logistics year when traditionally, ahead of factory closures for the Chinese New Year holidays, we see a spike in air and ocean demand and freight rates.
But will tradition mean a thing in 2023? How long will factories stay closed?
And what does the unwinding of China’s zero COVID policy mean for manufacturers, international travel, air cargo and shipping supply chains, both in the coming weeks and in the year ahead?
9-minute read
If 2022 taught us anything, it was to expect the unexpected. It was the year that shocked us with the war in Ukraine, endless Chinese Covid lockdowns, soaring inflation and the devastation of tighter fiscal and monetary policies.
Extreme weather affected supply chains from India to the Mississippi and Australia to the Rhine. Freight rates collapsed, and the peak season was a non-event.