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Current State of the Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight. Part of the discussion on the current state of the capacity crunch must include a discussion on the Panama Canal. As a result, most carriers, including local and 3PL carriers, are also increasing the size of their fleets.

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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Linio is a Latin American marketplace with presence in 8 countries – Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Launched in 2007, Flipkart is India’s leading ecommerce marketplace with over 80 million products across 80+ categories and sub-categories.