Supply Chain Research

Maersk is the latest logistics provider to launch a supply chain management platform. Maersk Flow is aimed at small- and medium-sized enterprises and is somewhat more advanced than others as it can tie into Maersk’s other services in customs brokerage, trade finance and insurance. The synergy benefits for the container-line may be limited though given Damco, Maersk’s brokerage business, and Flow are carrier agnostic. U.S. seaborne imports linked to Damco already surged 17.6% higher in Q2 compared to a year earlier while there was an 11.2% drop for all carriers. Maersk only accounted for ...