Better forecasting would not have averted the peak season chaos last year, but will help prevent it repeating, according to senior forwarding and logistics executives. Shippers, forwarders and carriers all shared some of the blame for the backlogs and scramble for capacity in the second half of 2009, although ultimately, carriers “in survival mode” were responsible, said Diederick de Vroet, north-west Europe senior VP for sea freight at Kuehne + Nagel.
Green Marine
about 16 years ago
Peak season chaos was ‘inevitable’
Better forecasting would not have averted the peak season chaos last year, but will help prevent it repeating, according to senior forwarding and logistics executives. Shippers, forwarders and carriers all shared some of the blame for the backlogs and scramble for capacity in the second half of 2009
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