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2023-09-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Maersk Shipping Backs Away From US Military Contracts

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-26 09:42|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 The sinking of the Russian warship Moskva and the vulnerability of big ships may have begun to have an impact on contracts.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-26 10:16|| 2023-09-26 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 A reminder that in a big shooting war between China and the US, merchant shipping is going to get basically wiped out in the early going.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-26 10:18|| 2023-09-26 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 And then we'll see the impact of long logistics line breakage.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-26 11:25|| 2023-09-26 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe COSCO can backfill them in MSC

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2023-09-26 11:50|| 2023-09-26 11:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Ref # 3
Add to that the utter reliance on "just in time" manufacturing and shipment. There are no longer the huge warehouses if inventory awaiting shipment that could absorb delays and hiccups in product availability at the retail outlets. Now the creation of that can of Campbell's tomato soup is directly linked to the cash register swipe at Wally World, with inventory en route constituting the bulk of product extant. The systems elasticity, huge in the pre-computer/internet era, has been sized down to very thin margins. Worse, whole market systems are totally reliant on electronic inter-connectivity for shipping, handling and customer tracking/billing/accounts management. If a manual system were needed as a result of huge hacking/denial/cyber-warfare attacks by the folks in Guangzhu, I suspect most companies are clueless and/or lack a backup plan.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-09-26 13:03|| 2023-09-26 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Very good time to tell a kid going the trade school route to consider machinist.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-26 13:58|| 2023-09-26 13:58|| Front Page Top

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