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Port of Baltimore to Reopen

Supply Chain Matters

A little over eight weeks since a container ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge spanning an entrance to the Port of Baltimore , the main channel is on track to open by the end of May. The post Port of Baltimore to Reopen first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse- A Reminder of Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Matters

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River that leads to the Port of Baltimore. The collision caused this massive bridge spanning 1.6 All rights reserved.

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Procurement Technology: An Update from Spend Matters in Baltimore

NC State SCRC

Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. I will be speaking on procurement analytics tomorrow, but got to attend a set of great sessions over the first half of the day. The first speaker was Anne Rung, Administrator from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

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Allianz Safety and Shipping Review- The Good and Not Good

Supply Chain Matters

The incident of the container ship Dali striking and destroying the Francis Scott Key spanning the Port of Baltimore falls within two of these categories. Report authors indicate that most incidents have been related to machinery damage or failure, followed by collisions with other vessels, or contact with port infrastructure.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. _. These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. They also enable the evaluation of networks for both sales and procurement relationships to optimize the flows upstream and downstream. ” —Translation from the Greek by Ludwig Edelstein.

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Port of Baltimore Bridge Collapse Update

Supply Chain Matters

It has been just over two weeks since a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River , blocking the main shipping channel that leads to the Port of Baltimore.

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Indications of Peak Reached in Global Container Shipping

Supply Chain Matters

Unpredictable events such as the destruction of the Francis Key Bridge spanning the port of Baltimore further impacted regional capacity needs. There is a section titled Macroeconomics – Water/ports.