New LR Advisory service helps ports, governments and logistics operators respond to disruption, protect critical cargo flows and strengthen trade corridor resilience

Lloyd’s Register  Advisory has launched a new Supply Chain Resilience service to help ports, governments and logistics operators keep critical cargo moving when geopolitical shocks, congestion, extreme weather or infrastructure failures disrupt established trade routes.

When a critical port, border or transport link becomes constrained, disruption can quickly spread across the wider logistics network. Alternative gateways may lack capacity, diversions can add cost and delay, and pressure can shift from ports to road, rail and other inland connections.

Launched today at the IAPH2026 World Ports Conference in London, LR’s new service addresses these dependencies across the complete supply chain, helping clients determine where cargo should move, which alternatives are viable and when contingency measures should be activated.

LR Advisory assesses disruption across ports, airports, road borders and rail connections, identifying where pressure on one part of the network could create new bottlenecks elsewhere. It then helps clients compare alternative gateways and sea, air and land transport combinations against cost, capacity, delay, service and risk.

In the first 0–90 days of a disruption, LR can carry out a rapid assessment of affected routes and develop a 30–60–90 day response plan. This can include alternative routing, cargo prioritisation, diversion triggers, surge-capacity measures and clear operating rules that allow clients to adapt as conditions change.

For essential and time-sensitive shipments, including food, medicines, energy supplies, industrial inputs and exports, LR Advisory can help determine which cargo should move first and how available capacity should be used. Alternative sea, sea-air, sea-land and air-land routes can be assessed, including bonded and cross-border options where feasible.

Kamran Ul Haq, Senior Vice President, LR Ports Advisory, said: “The worst time to discover that an alternative route cannot handle the cargo you need to move is after your main gateway has already been disrupted.

“Diverting cargo is rarely as simple as choosing another port. Capacity, inland connections, border processes, cost and availability all matter. Our role is to give clients a clear view of those trade-offs, identify workable alternatives and establish the triggers for action before disruption spreads further through the network.”

The service also helps clients translate lessons from short-term disruption into longer-term decisions about their logistics networks and infrastructure.

Over a three-month to five-year horizon, LR Advisory can assess how corridor diversification and infrastructure development could reduce reliance on individual gateways and chokepoints. This includes resilience planning for port, airport, road and rail interfaces, together with feasibility and investment planning for infrastructure such as dry ports, inland logistics hubs and rail-connected freight nodes.

Kamran added: “Resilience is not about trying to predict where the next disruption will come from. It is about understanding where a supply chain is vulnerable and having credible alternatives ready before they are needed.

“That means looking beyond the immediate diversion. The decisions made during a disruption can reveal where future investment, additional capacity or greater corridor diversity could make the whole network more resilient.”