Why One Shipper Stops Paying for Air in the Caribbean Trade

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A hardware buyer in Port of Spain used to rely on air freight for small, frequent deliveries but shifted toward container shipping after a storm disrupted airport operations and emptied shelves. The example illustrates how weather disruptions and inventory risk can influence shipping choices in Caribbean trade.

Three years ago a hardware buyer in Port of Spain was flying in forty kilos of fasteners every other week because it felt safer than committing to a container. Then a storm shut the airport for four days and his shelves went bare while a competitor’s container was already sitting on a dock, untouched. That […] The post Why One Shipper Stops Paying for Air in the Caribbean Trade appeared first on Container News.