BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. This year, the U.S.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Almost all packaging today is petroleum based, and in the lower 48 states, the bulk of refineries (which feed petrochemical plants) are in the Texas and Louisiana region, (see map). In another example, to get access to nitrogen, this company relied on shipping it in from Oklahoma, as the pipelines were non-functional.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

COVID has also hit a number of key ports, like the port of Yantian , which is a major outbound port for shipping products to the US. Once a port shuts down, ships and containers back up, and this bottleneck is difficult to catch up with. There aren’t enough workers to unload the ships. Then there are the container issues.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity. California.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

With three maritime ports that together rank 7th in waterborne shipping, Indiana provides the only statewide port system with direct waterway access to two U.S. Media Type. Media Credit. Goose Island. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. 38d9ea9f-b140-445d-b6d6-fd29825e5b7a. Media Image.

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ShipBob

APRIL 17, 2020

COVID-19 ecommerce shipping and fulfillment FAQs. At the bare minimum, this includes acknowledging COVID-19 and your shipping status. If you had copy on your ecommerce site about shipping info, both warm and cold prospects won’t know if that’s up-to-date. What does your COVID-19 ecommerce shipping process look like?

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2017

Even if you’re not planning to go anywhere near Texas or Louisiana, you might be affected by Hurricane Harvey. Outside of the storm-affected areas, rates were trending up out of Buffalo and Chicago , while prices continued to rise steadily in the Midwest and Northeast.

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