The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As I pointed out in the first part of this article, two of the world’s most vital maritime chokepoints — the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal — are experiencing serious challenges. a severe drought, which began last year in Panama, is disrupting canal operations. Unfortunately. ” How bad have things become?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Unlike in Glasgow, there was no dedicated transport day, nor a transport pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh.

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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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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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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. I also laugh when newscasters quip, “Just move west coast ships through the Panama Canal…” With new locks in 2016, the Panama Canal is able to handle vessels with an overall length of 366 m (1201 feet), 49 meters beam (increased by the Canal Authority effective 1 June 2018 to 51.25

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. A disruption in one function impacts all other functions across the supply chain, including supplier management, order management, transportation management, warehouse management, and demand management.

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NFI Industries

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The 50-mile span of the Panama Canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, which has shortened shipping duration between countries and continents 1. Since its opening in 1914, the canal has undergone many improvements, ranging from installation of mooring systems to the upgrading of the canal’s navigation and vessel tracking system.

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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. However, the end of the recession and an increase in demand for transportation services did not restore the motor carrier industry to its former state. In the U.S.,

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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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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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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. The enlargement of the Panama Canal was recently completed, enabling mammoth-sized container vessels to transit the waterway. East and West Coast ports.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2015

Find the Money – How a Transportation Spend Diagram Can Help. Guess Who Announced New Transportation Management Software (TMS) Functionality Yesterday. The Panama Canal Expansion: The Impact on Logistics Strategies and Operations (1,410 views). Amazon Tests Robots for Warehouse Item Picking. 1,379 views).

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TMC

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The enlargement of the Panama Canal is scheduled for completion this year, enabling mammoth-sized container vessels to transit the waterway. A white paper titled Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map , published by the Boston Consulting Group and C. This post is credited to Sri Laxamana.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the main sectors causing greenhouse gases. A drop of 10 centimeters (four inches) means about 100 fewer tons can be transported per ship. These come from using gasoline for driving a car or coal for heating a building, for example.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

Gilroy of Transportation Topics News , shippers are looking to the future through investment into current operations to ensure long-term success and stability. Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight. Fleets Are Expanding. The driver shortage means nothing if trucks and trailers are unavailable.

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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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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 4, 2014

The 30 th SCRC meeting kicked off today with a theme on “Transportation Strategy in an Infrastructure Constrained Environment”. This is a theme that was discussed a year ago at a conference in DC on Transportation Infrastructure, over coffee with William Lucas from Caterpillar. It is also happening at border crossings such as Mexico.

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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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BlueYonder

MAY 23, 2024

Working together, the team has established a common platform, based on Transportation Management and Warehouse Management solutions from Blue Yonder, as well as standardized and automated processes across the company’s enormous logistics footprint. We can quickly look at scenarios and execute the right action.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 16, 2016

Putting production and labor costs overseas aside, transportation becomes the prime target to help drive down costs. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to officially open this June. Read the white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. As a result, ocean vessels have gotten larger.

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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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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. Robinson to be prepared for the shifts ahead.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Panama Canal’s Big Bet Is Paying Off (WSJ – sub. If you’re a transportation executive, you already know what’s happening in the market today: capacity is tightening and rates are climbing. Are you communicating what’s happening in the transportation market to upper management? There were 6.6

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The Panama Canal expands in 2016, allowing for more and larger (post-Panamax) ships to make the passage from East Asia to the United States. Our paper looked at the question of how much traffic the expanded Panama Canal would divert to East Coast ports from a number of angles. In 2015, the Boston Consulting Group and C.H.

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NFI Industries

OCTOBER 13, 2015

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

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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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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

speed, simplicity and predictability of formalities) by border control agencies, including customs; Quality of trade and transport related infrastructure (e.g., transport operators, customs brokers); Ability to track and trace consignments; Timeliness of shipments in reaching destination within the scheduled or expected delivery time.

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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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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? When it comes to transportation infrastructure funding, it’s the same old story. For related commentary, see my February 2014 post Enough Talk: Time to Fix Transportation Infrastructure Funding.

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NFI Industries

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The Panama Canal expansion has ignited many sea ports to update their infrastructure to accommodate an expected increase in freight volumes. As of September 2015, the Panama Canal was 93% complete and is still expected. More than over $6 billion dollars’ worth of freight moves through the sea ports in the United States every day 1.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 30, 2016

Once again, my recent trip from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore reminded me why congestion is a major enemy in the business of transporting goods and people, whether by air, sea or land. Take the example of the crossing of Panama Canal. Let me use aviation as an example to illustrate the extent of this problem and its possible solutions.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

While industrial clusters are extensively covered in many economic literature, logistics clusters which focus on various activities in transportation and distribution is the uncharted territory. Another reason is because of a good transportation network. Sheffi also has another award winning book called " The Resilient Enterprise ".

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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. The same shipment via RIPI would go through the Panama Canal and arrive at the East Coast. Inland Point Intermodal.

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