Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Lastly, air freight has been increasing rapidly over the past decade - a trend I suspect will continue. Remarkably, rail can also be cheaper with savings up to 60% over road freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

The number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal has reached 154, and slots for carriers to book passage are being reduced in an effort to manage congestion caused by ongoing drought conditions that have roiled the major shipping gateway since the spring. And now on to this week’s logistics news. 11 release.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

Shippers are focusing on using dimensional pricing to cut down on wasted space, and consolidation of freight has become the new buzzword. Although capacity is tight, especially considering the number of carriers who are prioritizing freight to boost production, reports Roger W. The Importance of Making Freight Attractive to Carriers.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

What’s happening in the Panama Canal 2023? The Panama Canal, a crucial 50-mile waterway that six percent of all global trade passes through, faced major traffic jams this month due to a historic drought. How long will the Panama Canal drought last? Which countries are impacted by the Panama Canal drought?

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Distributing product in Brazil involves endless transportation choices. When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Spoilt for choice. A new model helps shippers to choose the best routes. Pictured is the Port of Santos, Brazil.

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NFI Industries

JULY 11, 2017

billion Panama Canal expansion project was completed. This time last year, the $5.25 The canal reopened with a new set of locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides for ships to easily flow through the canal without risk of delay due to accident or various water levels. During the expansion, there was also an. Read More.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight.

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NFI Industries

OCTOBER 13, 2015

More than over $6 billion dollars’ worth of freight moves through the sea ports in the United States every day 1. The Panama Canal expansion has ignited. Transportation. Distribution, Transportation, Supply Chain, Global. 10/20/2015. Distribution. Supply Chain.

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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). A transportation management system (TMS) can help shippers weigh the pros and cons of each option. Triad of factors.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2017

The ocean freight industry uses many acronyms to describe a shipment’s routing. Here are some of the most common ocean freight routing terms that are important to know. . For example, a shipment from China to the East Coast would go through the Panama Canal to reach its destination and vice versa. . Inland Point Intermodal.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DAT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in September. The Panama Canal’s Big Bet Is Paying Off (WSJ – sub. Spot freight availability was 74 percent higher than in September 2016. There were 6.6

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NFI Industries

OCTOBER 20, 2015

More than over $6 billion dollars’ worth of freight moves through the sea ports in the United States every day 1. The Panama Canal expansion has ignited many sea ports to update their infrastructure to accommodate an expected increase in freight volumes. READ MORE.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map [DK1] , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. Steamship companies will dedicate vessels that permanently go eastbound and westbound.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. In parallel is the assessing of the related restricted ship transit volumes surrounding the Panama Canal because of low water levels. All rights reserved.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

Now, this week’s supply chain and logistics news, which was dominated by transportation-related items: Are Imports Moving to the East Coast? Cass Freight Index June 2015 Report. When it comes to transportation infrastructure funding, it’s the same old story. House approves $8 billion highway funding extension (The Hill).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Leveraging Optimization to Unlock Value from Your Transportation Network (2,768 views). Leading Practices in Transportation Procurement (2,166 views). The Panama Canal Expansion: The Impact on Logistics Strategies and Operations (2,057 views). Here Are 4 Reasons to Outsource Your Transportation Management.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Rerouting those goods to the West Coast is challenging because it could require difficult-to-find transit through the Panama Canal, air freight, or other time-consuming or costly measures, logistics experts said. However, with capacity limited and demand rising, air freight may only be a viable option for specific types of cargo.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Many workers and businesses, including trucking firms, railroad companies and port terminal operators, contract with Hanjin to transport and deliver cargo containers, and now they are in serious danger of not getting paid. In addition, the recent expansion of the Panama Canal has led companies to build larger, newer ships.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 20, 2014

Consider moving critical products via air freight and/or using a sea-air option to minimize the impact of increased costs. There is also a good possibility that carriers might discharge cargo at the main transship points of Panama, Cartagena, and Colon and declare force majeure. inland points. Transload, truck, and intermodal.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. Potential for closure or interruption.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) and Transportation Utilization (-10.7). Ongoing Panama Canal Disruption Report authors made specific mention of the ongoing Panama Canal disruption brought about by declining water basin levels brought about by months of drought. and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0)

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 15, 2024

Blessed and grateful. That’s how I feel today, thanks to the many messages of love and support I have received from friends and colleagues in the industry following my surgery. Those messages have been a source of strength and inspiration for me during my recovery. Thank you for thinking of me and reaching out.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions and that was reinforced by the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index (LMI) reaching its lowest level lowest level in six and one-half years. This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

But the implications of this standoff between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association go beyond idle ships and stranded freight containers. Strategy Transportation Global Supply Chains ILWU MIT CTL Panama Canal port automation trade unions US ports west coast port stoppages'

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Labor Department indicating that warehouses and transportation companies employed 25,000 few workers in October than the year-earlier period. Some carriers who invested prior windfall profits in other non-freight and global logistics related areas may have a buffer in costs and potential offsetting revenues.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Today I’m proud to announce that Freightos is releasing a private beta version of an online freight marketplace — an Expedia for freight shipping — and that we have closed a Series B round of $14 million dollars to power global growth. International freight started with the Silk Road. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos .

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Strong results for air freight, container shipping and export orders in particular suggest that, while the trade recovery may moderate in due course, it will likely continue in the coming months and remain above trend,” the report says. If we’re going to see higher freight rates, we’ll need demand growth to outstrip supply growth.”

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2021

As we enter the last month of 2021, it’s clear from the long list of news items below that there will be no intermission in this supply chain show. The curtain will remain up and the disruptions, delays, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, and new product introductions will remain on stage. And just when.

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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. While ship transits through the Panama Canal rose 3.7% While ship transits through the Panama Canal rose 3.7% East Coast.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 16, 2015

4 Longest scheduled air cargo route: Dubai to Panama City (Emirates). Coming up in February 2016, Emirates are starting a regular 8,588 mi (13,821 km) service between Dubai, UAE and Panama City, Panama. million tonnes) of loaded and unloaded freight. Be a freight hero. FREIGHT QUOTES IN SECONDS.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

When this happens, all the merchants with freight on the vessel are required to share in the cost of the expenditure before the goods are released. Imagine that a carrying vessel is on a laden voyage from ports in the Far East to ports in Panama and the U.S. Centuries later, this concept continues.

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3PL Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2013

WILL THE PANAMA EXPANSION AFFECT YOU? by Derek Byrd – Marketing Manager, Evans Distribution Systems In 2014, the Panama Canal will complete a $5.3 3PL Freight Management Logistics Virginia' by Derek Byrd – Marketing Manager, Evans Distribution Systems In 2014, the Panama Canal will complete a $5.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

commercial truck fleet would require nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure investment alone, according to a new report from Roland Berger released today by the Clean Freight Coalition. The $2,500 spread between spot market rates and long-term freight contract rates for Asia to U.S. Intel wins $19.5 Full electrification of the U.S.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As you may already know, DAT collects data on truck freight transactions, as part of the company's role as the largest provider of load boards and truckload rate data. Macroeconomic trends have a direct effect on rail freight volume, specifically on traditional bulk cargo types such as metal and ores, petroleum products, and coal.

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