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  • Container ship berthed at the Port of Ningbo with a long line of red gantry cranes in haze
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    Coronavirus Update: How to Jump Start Your Supply Chain

    With the spread of COVID-19 rapidly changing lives and livelihoods, we all want to know: what’s next? When will factories start running again? And how can you ensure your cargo is moving when they do? Flexport’s leaders in ocean and air freight, trucking, and warehousing across…

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  • Bicycles leaning on a bridge railing over an Amsterdam canal lined with Dutch row houses
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    EU Trade Changes: How to Prepare for a Significant Change to Dutch Exports

    Dutch customs has now posted legislation, for immediate effect this April, enforcing UCC (Union Customs Code) rulings. These amendments are nothing new to people who have read the definition of an "exporter" in the UCC, however this strict implementation could affect how you…

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  • Vintage black-and-white photo of two women assembling a riveted aircraft part in a factory
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    Celebrating the History of Women in Freight for International Women’s Day

    This past Sunday, more than 100 countries celebrate International Women’s Day. With extraordinary opportunities for women in supply chain, logistics, and freight forwarding, everyone wins when gendered expectations give way to workplace empowerment.

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    The Complete Checklist for Preparing for a Shopify Migration

    The Complete Checklist for Preparing for a Shopify Migration

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  • Industrial warehouse interior with a man in a suit walking among stacked pallets of goods under tall windows
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    Coronavirus and the China Supply Chain through the Lens of Data

    The Covid-19 outbreak is pushing supply chains further into uncertain waters. Flexport looks at market developments, as well as its own data to shed light on the implications.

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  • Four smiling colleagues in dark jackets pose arm-in-arm at an indoor launch event with Flexport arrow graphics behind
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    Flexport’s Fifth Engineering Office Opens in Amsterdam with Launch Event

    Flexport hosted a recruiting event in Amsterdam, the first week of February 2020, to launch the company’s fifth global engineering and technology team.

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  • Bow of a container ship stacked with containers sailing on grey water toward distant hills
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    Coronavirus Update: Supply Chain and Economic Impacts—Week of February 24

    Many Chinese companies outside of Hubei province, have resumed operations either online or physically. The impact of the slow post-New Year restart is palpable, however, with 94% of Fortune 1000 companies seeing coronavirus-related supply chain disruptions. Trade is not yet…

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  • Over-the-shoulder view of a person typing on a laptop while holding a printed quarter sales report
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    For Importers, Help Is Here: New Trade Advisory Service Provides Expertise Amid Complexity and Uncertainty

    Importers are struggling to manage a global trade process that is fraught with potential for error and penalties. That’s why Flexport created Trade Advisory Services. Importers can connect with a team of trusted trade advisors to navigate the trade landscape. Flexport’s Trade…

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