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The world today isn’t simple and the challenges facing supply chains are complex. Those challenges need to be looked at from a different perspective, with human ingenuity, passion and experience, combined with our technology to create something more than the expected. By problem-solving in unexpected ways, we conceive new solutions to overcome challenges and realise opportunities.
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Gulf Tensions Redefining Asia–Europe Shipping
Diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled, constraining one of the world’s most important energy corridors and prolonging the biggest disruption to global oil supply in decades. Public statements from Tehran suggest Hormuz will only fully reopen…
Hormuz Is Pulling the Ocean Peak Forward
Container shipping normally follows a traditional demand curve, with rates climbing into Chinese New Year, softening through spring, and then building towards a Q3 peak. But not this year. The crisis around the Strait of Hormuz is introducing an extra…
Middle East Conflict Is Rewriting the Airfreight Peak
Airfreight has always played a dual role in supply chains, providing a reliable core mode for some flows and a pressure‑relief valve when ocean networks clog up. The current Middle East crisis has upended that safety‑valve function; because instead of…
U.S. Supply Chains Grapple Cost Pressures and Uncertainty
Heading into the second half of 2026 shippers face, a politically charged USMCA review, an early tightening on the trans‑Pacific, and war‑driven fuel costs pushing up inland transport prices across North America. Together, they are rewriting the assumptions many companies…
Investing in People and Expertise: Developing Metro’s Capability for the Long Term
Metro’s growth strategy is built on people, as much as on network and technology, strengthening capability, consistency and culture across our global business. Two recent initiatives that bring that to life are Metro’s Product Training programme and Graduate Development Programme….
China’s New 2026 Supply Chain Laws: What You Need to Know
China is rewiring the legal framework around its ports and supply chains and that matters for every UK shipper moving goods to, from or via China. Two new sets of rules in 2026 change who controls disputes, how far you…
Digital ATA Carnets Go Live from 1 June 2026
From 1 June 2026, the ATA Carnet system begins its digital transition, with eATA Carnets going live for movements involving the United Kingdom, EU, Norway and Switzerland. This is the first step in a phased global rollout that aims to…
EU urged to keep British auto supply chains within “Made in Europe” framework
The UK automotive industry is urging the European Union to preserve close manufacturing integration with Britain as Brussels advances new industrial policies designed to strengthen European supply chains and accelerate domestic electric vehicle production. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and…
Suez return remains fragile as carriers weigh faster transit against overcapacity
Although some shipping lines have begun selectively routing vessels back through the Suez Canal to reduce transit times and improve vessel utilisation, the industry remains far from a full-scale return to pre-crisis operating patterns. Diversions around the Cape of Good…
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