Logistics

The
chokepoint
economy

Licence to operate is now a moving target for logistics. Red Sea reroutes, Panama restrictions, evolving sanctions and carbon pricing reshape economics week by week. Local politics and NGO campaigns can stall port projects; national policy shifts can flip trade flows. Trade corridors add further complexity, with development influence split across countries, regulators, financiers, operators, and local stakeholders along each route. The common failure point: lack of structured visibility and management of the stakeholders and signals shaping business outcomes.

What's at stake

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Rules matter, with non-tariff measures imposing trade costs 3-4x higher than tariffs

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Reliability is at the gateways: import lead time is the largest driver of variability in international shipping

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The industry is deeply path dependent, with >30% of EBIT at risk from dependent supplier disruptions

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Better stakeholder stewardship is now the key to market access, with spend set to rise 6x - but the problems unsolved

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Secure licence to operate

Map networks of decision-makers and influencers.
Surface and organise the issues that will shift your operating environment.
Track key signals where stakeholders and issues intersect.
Unify your excel trackers to build a networked view of who you know, who you should, and who they know.
Plan and record engagements with a built-in SRM, creating an auditable, living system of record that stays with you as your team evolves.

Be globally situationally aware

Watch the global and local signals that alter access to ports, terminals and routes.
Anticipate corridor & chokepoint disruption by mapping the signals to your lanes, customers, and supply chain.
Receive early-warning alerts tied to the stakeholders who can block or unblock your options.
Brief executives with shareable influence maps and issue dashboards that link your issues to concrete routing and commercial actions.

Accelerate engagement

Build coalition maps for sponsors, regulators, lenders, local government and community leaders; identify swing stakeholders and the conditions they will require.
Simulate hearing dynamics with influence paths to connect stakeholders.
Standardise approvals packs so lessons from one zone, terminal or country transfer cleanly to the next.

Orchestrate year-round in international fora

Map the people who set agendas and text - secretariats, working groups, national delegations, coalitions - and their 2nd/3rd-degree ties.
Leverage curated activation packs ahead of COP/IMO/WCO cycles.
Track evolving positions and language.
Run meetings from your SRM; capture issues, asks, commitments and follow-ups so network effects compound across events and geographies.

Client Success Stories

Powering a global stakeholder affairs function

1000s

Of stakeholders tracked

The customer was a logistics major for whom managing global relations and stakeholder management was a core strategic objective. The team in charge of scaling the capability was looking to move away from static trackers and heavy external advisory support to plan and brief for engagement.

TSC rolled out a global system of record. Stakeholders are stored in a networked graph database, enabling ‘connect the dots’ insight and strategic engagement’. Past touchpoints are tracked, and feed into this living stakeholder ‘brain’. Advisors remain closely involved, leveraging the system’s insights to supercharge executive briefing and drive high-value analysis.

The team now uses Genie to run quarterly analyses of all past and planned engagements, enabling them to strategically prioritise who to meet in the next cycle, whether locally or at major global events. Genie highlights where previous outreach did not materialise, surfaces new opportunities to re-engage, and ensures every interaction is intentional, timely, and informed by a complete history of touchpoints.

Enabling constant situational awareness in >70 jurisdictions

70+

Jurisdictions monitored across 7 trade corridors

A global ports, terminals and logistics integrator needed a single, living view of the geopolitical and economic currents shaping its operating landscape - including geopolitical shifts, trade corridors updates, free-trade agreements, economic zone developments, and the wider global dynamics that could influence shipping volumes and market positioning.

Traditional tools surfaced headlines, but not what they meant for specific lanes, strategic markets or operational exposure. With operations spanning 70+ jurisdictions, the team needed visibility beyond global news cycles and a clear read on how emerging developments could strengthen or disrupt their plans.

TSC deployed an intelligence engine trained on the organisation’s strategic markets, enabling each piece of news to be assessed for its potential business impact. These insights feed automated weekly pulses and curated executive-level updates, giving the team a holistic, forward-looking view of where opportunities are forming, where friction may arise, and how global dynamics may shift future shipping flows.

Frequently asked questions

Can we customise the issues or stakeholder sets we want to track?

Each workspace is unique. It is configured with company context around the issues, actors, and geographies that matter to your team, and the problem you are trying to solve. From permitting regimes to labour risk, the system reflects your actual operating environment.

Is this built for our sector?

TSC maintains a tight sector focus. We know that the asset-intensive, global industries we support require expertise and cohesive focus. Our team is drawn from the industries that we serve. Our AI tools are set up to leverage domain focus and learn as your use case evolves.

Who uses this day-to-day?

Business unit leads use Genie to monitor stakeholder-driven operational risks and track engagement. External, institutional and corporate affairs teams use it to track engagement and monitor stakeholder ecosystems. Strategy leads use it to rapidly build market context and drive always-on situational awareness. Sustainability teams use it to monitor risk themes and ESG exposure. Most customers start with one functional / geographical use case and expand.

How does this scale across our regions or assets?

Each workspace within your ‘organisation’ in Genie is set up to support a mission. We have years of experience helping distributed teams manage complex portfolios, share intelligence and retain context. That’s why we don’t charge by seat - these problems require collaboration.

How do you source your data?

TSC draws from structured public data, open-source media, NGO and regulatory feeds, and issue-specific sources - all filtered through custom models to surface the news most relevant to your problem. We also support custom APIs.

Can this integrate with our internal systems or workflows?

Yes - from email alerting to export formats to structured integrations (e.g. BI), we support practical integration without bloat. We strongly believe integration should never be a blocker to workflow. If you have a need let’s have a conversation.

We have used media monitoring and reputation tools before. What does Genie do differently?

TSC’s media monitoring stack is focused on issues and stakeholders: piercing through the noise to identify them, and link them to one another. We are the gold standard in this space - solving problems for external affairs, sustainability and commercial teams that brand or reputation watch tools just don’t.

How does this compare to the services our consultants and lobbyists provide?

Managing external relations requires a combined-arms approach. Consultants and lobbyists are valuable - but often tactical, episodic, or resource-heavy. Genie provides persistent, issue-aligned visibility across jurisdictions and stakeholders. Many clients reduce spend on low-value advisory work, and are empowered to leverage advisory partners for what they’re really paying them for - strategy, engagements, lobbying and door opening. Our ‘human-in-the-loop’ CS teams also work with consultants looking to equip their teams with better, faster context.

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