TMC

JUNE 30, 2016

An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Uncharted Waters.Connect. Since the Panama Canal opened this past Sunday, we wanted to share it with you again. In December, the Port of Los Angeles handled the largest container ship ever to call at a North American port. Editor’s note: This post originally ran in February.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 15, 2019

Supply Chain Dive –With one of the worst droughts in history, the canal is forced to place restrictions on the amount of cargo ships can carry. The Panama Canal, and Central America more broadly, is experiencing one of the worst droughts in its recorded history. The post The Panama Canal is thirsty.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS.Connect by TMC. When the expanded Panama Canal opened this June, a new set of routes became available for shippers and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). As described in my previous blog post , the enlarged Panama Canal can handle container ships up to 13,000 TEUs in size.

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TMC

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

In December, the Port of Los Angeles handled the largest container ship ever to call at a North American port. The enlargement of the Panama Canal is scheduled for completion this year, enabling mammoth-sized container vessels to transit the waterway. These big ships are expected to alter the distribution of cargo between U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged.

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. Delays have led to higher costs for goods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2023

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted tougher greenhouse gas emission targets for the global shipping industry on Friday. The IMO is a United Nations agency responsible for creating a regulatory framework for the global shipping industry. This is a practice where a ship uses a state’s flag without its knowledge.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 16, 2016

Another valid concern about larger vessels is that a ship carrying 18,000 to 19,000 TEUs will need about 100 acres of terminal within the port to carry out efficient operations. By the time an expansion may be completed, it may be operationally obsolete because of even larger ships. Lack of Terminal Space. Carrier Alliance Confusion.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 19, 2016

As world affairs go, the most recent Global Liner Shipping conference in London did not stir up much interest in the global news cycle. The Panama papers were still hogging the headlines and competing hard against dissections of mishaps in the private lives of British politicians. The price we have to pay to keep the industry afloat.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Felicity Ace, a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, caught fire and was left unmanned.

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Freightos

APRIL 9, 2024

Crews began the on-water removal of containers from the still-stuck Dali , as one necessary step in clearing the ship from the collision site. In air cargo, Red Sea-driven disruptions to ocean freight are still pushing some volumes to the air out of India, though demand is easing somewhat. America and N. kg and $3.36/kg

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 1, 2015

What will happen when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2016? The Panama Canal is over a century old. And the canal was too small for the Post-Panamax vessels, which carry two to three times as much cargo as the ships that currently squeeze through the Panama Canal. This is all about to change.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Global Shipping Effects of the Hanjin Bankruptcy. Hanjin Shipping, a South Korean company and the seventh largest container shipper in the world, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, which has prompted significant questions and confusion around the world as to how this will affect global shipping.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Passages, capes, and straits are defined as geographical areas through which international shipping routes must transit. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. Potential for closure or interruption. It is approximately 190 kilometers long.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

We therefore wanted to highlight another published survey that provides data reflecting on the beginning of the traditional peak shipping season, whether shippers are anticipating a classic peak season, along with their expectations of container shipping rates as industries prepare for second-half activity levels.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Shipping Routes: Clydebank Declaration. Signatories to the so-called Clydebank Declaration agreed to collaborate to support the creation of green shipping corridors between two or more port pairs. Carriers will be incentivised or obliged to service these maritime routes only with zero emission ships.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 22, 2016

The Panama Canal expands in 2016. If costs were all that mattered, these shippers would route their products through the expanded Panama Canal to reach Columbus via rail from the New York-New Jersey port. For other products, the cost savings of shipping through the Panama Canal will likely outweigh the extra time in transit.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Panama Canal Authority will reduce daily transits to about half their normal level over the next three months as the drought there stretches on, raising the possibility of reduced capacity and higher rates to the East Coast or diversions to the West Coast. Freight news travels faster than cargo Get industry-leading insights in your inbox.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

How General Average Could Ruin Your Ocean Cargo Deliveries | Transportfolio. Start by building your knowledge of how general average works, how it can impact your shipments if general average is declared, and how marine cargo insurance can help you sleep like a baby at night. Ship owners have a lien on the ship’s cargo.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 21, 2022

billion expansion of the Panama Canal doubled its capacity in 2016, allowing the world’s largest cargo ships to sail more easily to America’s East Coast from Asia. Now, one of those giant vessels has been stuck near the U.S. capital for more than a week.

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Freightos

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Low water levels driving weight restrictions and reductions in daily Panama Canal transits has created a backlog of about 150 ships waiting – some for more than a week – for passage.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion. Moving on to technology news, Cloud Logistics announced new enhancements to its transportation management system (TMS), including: Advanced third party logistics (3PL) capabilities to support complex hierarchical relationships and shipping rules.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Short Term Medium Term Special Feature Carriers & Cargo Innovation Freightos focus November 2015 freight and logistics trends that rate. The ramifications of the restructuring of China’s economy, freight innovation, re-shoring, widening the Panama Canal, and the new super-size ships are all covered. Sustainable shipping!

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Longer transit times have disrupted schedules and have carriers and port operators rushing to revise arrival slot allocations in an attempt to avoid the “vessel bunching” of multiple ships arriving at once that was one driver of port congestion and delays at Europe’s major hubs during the pandemic. But the number of impacted Asia – N.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Some carriers have announced upcoming $150 – $300 per container surcharges for shipments using the Panama Canal as further daily transit reductions go into effect, which could start putting some upward pressure on prices to the East Coast in the coming weeks. Europe prices increased 6% to $4.47/kg,

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2017

This acronym stands for All Water Service, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to ship your cargo, and also one of the most eco-friendly ; however, it’s also one of the slowest forms of freight transportation. With AWS, your cargo will be shipped from the port of origin to its destination using only water routes.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Though rates haven’t responded yet, other signs have started emerging that tightening Panama Canal restrictions are starting to impact the container market. Some of the ships were slightly damaged by rocket fire, and the Navy destroyer shot down three approaching drones. Freightos Air Index data show that China – N.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Reports of more carriers avoiding the Panama Canal in favor of the longer route around Africa’s southern tip will lead to more surcharges in the coming weeks. Additional recent international steps to address the threat include more British Navy ships being deployed to the region, and US sanctions aimed at disrupting Houthi funds.

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Panama Canal Authority announced that low-water restrictions will likely stay in place for at least ten months , though there has not been any significant impact on container shipping via the canal yet. America air cargo rates increased for the third consecutive week last week, and at $4.02/kg kg over the same period.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Celebrating the anniversary of this first flight, we’re taking a look at nine most amazing things you should know about air cargo. 1 First air cargo flight: 1910. 2 Craziest air cargo market entry: DHL Express. 3 Largest air cargo plane: Antonov An-225. 5 Most Evil Genius Cargo: Lasers. Source: Imugr.

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Elementum

AUGUST 22, 2016

The expansion of the Panama Canal, which handles about a third of Asia-to-US trade, is poised to boost trade and shipping services by shortening the one-way journey by sea from Asia to the U.S. The expanded canal, which started commercial operations on June 26, is expected to alleviate cargo bottleneck caused by smaller ships.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 29, 2016

Another valid concern about larger vessels is that a ship carrying 18,000 to 19,000 TEUs will need about 100 acres of terminal within the port to carry out efficient operations. By the time an expansion may be completed, it may be operationally obsolete because of even larger ships. Lack of Terminal Space. Carrier Alliance Confusion.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 29, 2016

Another valid concern about larger vessels is that a ship carrying 18,000 to 19,000 TEUs will need about 100 acres of terminal within the port to carry out efficient operations. By the time an expansion may be completed, it may be operationally obsolete because of even larger ships. Lack of Terminal Space. Carrier Alliance Confusion.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But diversions away from the Suez Canal have carriers using more ships to adjust to longer transits and keep to their weekly departure schedules, which has absorbed much of that otherwise excess capacity. In air cargo, volumes increased in late January on pre-LNY demand as well as some shift to air due to the Red Sea crisis.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The recent decision by Japan’s three largest container companies to merge their shipping operations is yet another symptom of the volatility that is roiling the freight business. K” Line, MOL, and NYK are the three Japanese ship lines that are consolidating. Consider, for example, the Panama Canal puzzle. Labor unrest in U.S.

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3PL Insights

JULY 28, 2016

The Panama Canal was originally constructed as a way to increase maritime trade in the Americas, and it is the largest American engineering feat undertaken in history. And now, over a century after its original completion, the Panama Canal has once again been expanded. million tons of shipping materials. billion today.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Panama Canal’s Big Bet Is Paying Off (WSJ – sub. CSX customers demand end to shipping bottlenecks as CEO apologizes (Reuters). Hypleroop One is rebranding itself as Virgin Hyperloop One, and Branson is joining the board…Virgin Hyperloop One will focus on a passenger and mixed-use cargo service.

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