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Canadian Ports: A Fast Lane for Asia-U.S. Imports?

Talking Logistics

Prince Rupert, for instance, is the closest North American port to Asia due to the curvature of the Earth, and is more than 68 hours closer to Shanghai by boat than Los Angeles, according to its port authority [emphasis mine]. Canada’s two big Pacific ports have a natural geographic advantage: relative proximity. West Coast ports.

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Logility Partners with FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Preparing Students to Take on Today’s Supply Chain Challenges

Logility

The college is headquartered in downtown Los Angeles. Professional Designation, A.A. Advanced Study, Bachelor’s, and Master’s Degree programs designed to enhance a variety of educational backgrounds. In a recent Forbes story, FIDM was on the list of best colleges shaping the future of fashion.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

The Drewy World Container Index , which stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container at the beginning of 2022, was reported as $2,120 by the end of 2002. That index now stands at $1898 as of this week, with the Drewy WCI Shanghai to Los Angeles sub-index reported at $1959.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. The serious and negative impacts this dispute left on the economy demonstrates why we cannot let this happen again.”.

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The Year the Ports Stole Christmas? Hopefully Not.

Logistics Viewpoints

The Fact Sheet published by Biden Administration outlining commitments from that meeting included the following: The Port of Los Angeles has committed to expanding to 24/7 operation. Porcari and Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka held a virtual media briefing. On October 14, White House Port Envoy John D.

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What Steph Curry and LeBron James Can Teach Us About Innovation

GlobalTranz

The 2002 Oakland A’s, who set baseball’s record for longest winning streak with the sixth-lowest paid team in the major leagues, used new statistics to disrupt baseball and set the stage for data-driven revolutions in many sports. Curry and the Warriors should remind us that unless more U.S.

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Are You Ready for the Sharing Economy?

MIT Supply Chain

In October 2007, Brian Chesky, a recent college grad, gave up his job hunt in Los Angeles to stay with a friend in San Francisco. [i] In 2000, the business took off in Boston and Cambridge, and by 2002 had expanded with the opening of offices in Washington, D.C. Pooled resources. and New York. [iv] Canada, and Europe.