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COMMODITY MARKETS
Global gas demand to shrink on economic woes / Ukraine war exacerbates tight European market / Consumption rebounds in 2021 on extreme weather, end of lockdowns
09.06.2022
SUPPLIER INDUSTRY
German companies feel sandwiched due to cost increases for energy and raw materials / Fair distribution of burden called for / Better business expectations for auto suppliers
08.06.2022
LOGISTICS
Shanghai finally lifts the lockdown / Is the container wave now headed for Europe? / Airfreight volumes in Europe suffer from Russian overflight ban / Shipping rates soften
02.06.2022
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Eurozone inflation hits record 8.1% in May / Brent crude trades above USD 124/bbl as EU announces ban on Russian oil / Growth concerns mount
02.06.2022
WAR AS A REASON FOR INVOKING FORCE MAJEURE
Four questions for commercial law expert, Peter Coenen
27.05.2022
LOGISTICS
More logistics companies diversifying business model / Boom in trucks, but lack of drivers / Container freight rates still inconsistent
26.05.2022
POLYCARBONATE SHEETS
Current geopolitical, energy market reality cause for concern for EPSE members
26.05.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Ifo says business confidence improves / No sign of recession / Export outlook for plastics industry weakens again
25.05.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Energy price shock provides catalyst for change / Potential for 10% margin improvements and 40% cut in CO2 footprint / McKinsey analysis
23.05.2022
LOGISTICS
An absurd result of the Ukraine war: rail transport combined with shipping on inland waterways / Risk of container tsunami if Shanghai reopens / Freight forwarders faced with toxic mix
19.05.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
Ukraine war cuts business confidence / Insolvencies to rise over 10% / Allianz Trade survey
17.05.2022
LOGISTICS
Is the collapse of supply chains now imminent? / No end in sight for port lockdowns / Shippers getting increasingly nervous / Solace: three-quarters of all goods from China on schedule
12.05.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Exports down in March / Flow of goods to Russia slumps as expected
12.05.2022
LOGISTICS
War in Ukraine: German government plans rail “grain bridge” / Without exports, global famine a possibility / Container freight prices trend inconsistently in the off-season
04.05.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Ifo Institute: Firms express less pessimism after terrible March poll result / Material shortages ease / Decline in number of companies worried about survival
03.05.2022
LOGISTICS
A cargo tsunami threatens ports in Europe / Shanghai still in Covid stranglehold / Freight rates only appear to be falling
28.04.2022
CHINAPLAS
Postponed: 35th edition of the event will now take place in April 2023
22.04.2022
LOGISTICS
A picture is worth a thousand words and hundreds of ships: the scramble outside Shanghai
22.04.2022
LOGISTICS
Congestion mounts at China's ports / Container shortage in Russia / Freight prices adrift in Easter lull
21.04.2022
MANAGEMENT
Ukraine war, related sanctions to boost German insolvencies / Plastics industry likely to suffer more than general economy
20.04.2022
LOGISTICS
Rail chaos in Western Europe / Italy's trade unions plan transport rebellion / Container freight rates drop
14.04.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
Geopolitical events hurt trade flows / Economic growth to slow / Chinese Covid-19 outbreaks hamper logistics / Euler Hermes reports
14.04.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
IfW Kiel: Ukraine war slows global trade / 12% of goods stuck in containers
13.04.2022
RUSSIA
EU sanctions hit German plastics industry to a varying extent / Trade associations warn of gas embargo / Banks affected by Swift exclusion / German federal office publishes list of sanctions for polymers
12.04.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Index for energy commodities rises by 37%: HWWI economics institute / US government releases some of its strategic oil reserves / Relief on gas market due to milder temperatures?
11.04.2022
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