The lesson learned from 2021 is that every supply chain needs to build more resilience and capacity to keep pace with consumer demand fluctuations and unexpected events.
Supply chain disruption is a normal event, and the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated and magnified the challenges that already existed in supply chains. Those supply chain providers that own, operate, and invest in their end-to-end supply chain assets have better capacity control, agility, and accountability for results.
To prepare for 2022, Maersk added more vessels in the trans-Pacific trade to adapt to the extraordinary cargo flows, more containers to our equipment fleet, and more air freight capacity with the acquisition of Senator International and additional freighters. To keep pace with customers’ e-commerce logistics growth, Maersk acquired Visible SCM to handle this growing omnichannel distribution.
In addition, Maersk added solutions such as a new transload center in Vancouver to help alleviate port and landside logistics challenges at Canada’s busiest gateway and mitigate demurrage and detention charges for shipper customers.
These solutions, combined with increased digitalization, will help build resilience and capacity for customers to make supply chains perform better in 2022.