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  • Current shipping costs = 9% trade tariff

    I noted in June that P&G were reviewing their global supply chain strategy , as a result of higher oil prices. Now a study by Canadian Bank CIBC suggests the rise in shipping costs equals a ' 9% tariff on trade' , adding that 'the cost of moving goods, not the cost of tariffs' is...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-04-2008

  • P&G reviews its supply chain model

    Higher oil prices will change the way that Procter & Gamble operates its supply chain . The world's largest consumer products company describes its current operations as being 'upside down'. 'They were implemented in the 1980s and 1990s, when oil was 10 bucks a barrel', according...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-28-2008

  • Shipbuilding hit by credit squueze and long lead-times

    The chemical industry moves a lot of product by ship. Recent rises in freight rates have therefore had a major impact on costs for producers and consumers. But there was always the thought that rates would soon decline, once shipbuilders began delivering all the new ships on order. But now Bloomberg...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-12-2008
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