Implications for global food security.
China is increasing its grain production capacity by 50 million tonnes in 2023 to enhance food security and reduce dependence on imported...
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In this section we provide insight toward global supply-chain and logistical events, making sure that your in the know so you don't get caught out by unforeseen risks.
We make the effort to evaluate risk when investing and in our decision-making rather than focusing on the reward, this has allowed us to operate a timely and reliable supply chain.
J.B. ATLAS
- Mar 10
- 3 min
Investors are holding out until Jeremy Hunt’s budget next week has been confirmed
The UK's GDP grew by 0.3% in January, beating economists' forecast of 0.1% growth, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Changing culture with commodity trading houses: the Trafigura saga unpacked
How did Trafigura, one of the world’s largest commodity trading companies, fail to check the cargo in its shipments, against which it was...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 28
- 4 min
Has Sunak Sealed The Deal?
The UK and the EU have agreed to changes in the Northern Ireland Protocol that would ease tensions over the region's trading arrangements...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 24
- 3 min
UK Vegetable Shortage Crisis
UK supermarkets are facing a shortage of tomatoes due to bad weather in Europe and Africa. Supplies from Morocco, the UK’s major winter...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 21
- 3 min
UK Government Conduct War-game Exercise for a Chip Shortage.
The spark for a fictitious tech shortage could have been a natural disaster big enough to knock out factories in Taiwan, South Korea, and...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 16
- 3 min
Turkey's supply chain devastation
The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6, 2023, demonstrated the need for diversifying supply chains to avoid...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 11
- 3 min
Can the UK economy survive the strikes?
We find ourselves in an economic climate that saw the UK nearly enter a recession back in December after the industrial action and cost...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Anticipated drops in the global shipping trade, amid political conflicts and economic corrections
Maersk, the world's second largest container shipping company, has forecast a decline in profits for 2023 due to a decrease in global...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 7
- 3 min
Brexit, The UK & The Northern Irish Protocol: A contentious and uncertain future
Since its outset, Brexit has continually fractured public opinion on whether the United Kingdom should or should not cease to be a part...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Tensions build as CMRG becomes the largest buyer in a supply-concentrated iron ore market.
Newly established ‘China Mineral Resources Group’ is set to become the world’s largest buyer of iron ore this year. The newly established...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Felixstowe port workers to strike after talks fail
It’s a shame that an agreement couldn’t be reached. It seems that any offer brought by Hutchison Ports below 11.8% of the retail price...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
China & Taiwan tension
Building tensions are mounting in Asia as China condemns Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, a regarded territory of China by its state. The...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Port of Felixstowe
The pandemic has put extraordinary strain on global supply chains and also on the workers who’ve kept those systems running under arduous...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
A supply chain point of awareness worth considering.
Even though China appears to be moving in the right direction by gradually easing its lockdown of Shanghai, we aren’t going to...
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J.B. ATLAS
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
A supply chain point of awareness worth considering in the coming month.
Containers are piling up at China’s biggest port in Shanghai as a Covid lockdown in the City and compulsory virus testing has meant...
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