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Why the West Coast Ports Labor Dispute Matters to Retailers

The Network Effect

Retailers rely heavily on these ports for imported goods coming in from Asia. Shippers still bear the scars from the disastrous 2002 work stoppage and have countermeasures in-place to avoid major disruption. How could this affect them in the long run? Will this continue to be a major disruption?

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Trending: Effects of West Coast Ports Labor Dispute

Tompkins Blog

Retailers rely heavily on these ports for imported goods coming in from Asia. Shippers still bear the scars from the disastrous 2002 work stoppage and have countermeasures in-place to avoid major disruption. Blog Post: Who Will Win the Race for Freight in the Panama Canal Expansion? How could this affect them in the long run?

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Jacobs in 2011.