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This Week in Logistics News (June 15-19, 2015)

Talking Logistics

East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion. Back in March 2013, Walmart was reportedly experimenting with the idea of having store shoppers deliver packages to online customers who lived on their route back home (see my comments at the time ). FAA expects to clear U.S.

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What’s Your Plan if There’s a West Coast Port Strike?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

TEUs in 2013—about 40.9% While this is an option for most carriers through Panama and Suez, it is a great concern that the International Longshoremen’s Association will specifically not work vessels that were designed to unload at the USWC, given the “brotherhood” that exists between them and the ILWU. of all U.S.

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Transportation Strategy in a Constrained Infrastructure: 30th SCRC Meeting Kicks Off Today

Supply Chain View from the Field

The expansion of Panama has shifted shipments from West Coast to East Coast, but only Norfolk and Baltimore can handle these larger ships – and this will result in longer berths where will the funding be coming from for these port expansions – and it is something that is happening, but we aren’t sure how to handle it.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

The recent standoff, coupled with the planned expansion of the Panama Canal – scheduled to complete in 2016 – could potentially divert shipping to different ports, which would impact supply chain stakeholders on the West Coast. By comparison, the vacancy rate at the end of 2013 was more than 9 percent.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

The recent standoff, coupled with the planned expansion of the Panama Canal – scheduled to complete in 2016 – could potentially divert shipping to different ports, which would impact supply chain stakeholders on the West Coast. By comparison, the vacancy rate at the end of 2013 was more than 9 percent.

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Can Officers and Employees be Held Personally Liable for Customs Violations?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The case was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), which reversed the CIT in July 2013. 25 Packages of Panama Hats) that broadly interpreted the term “introduce” in a prior Customs penalty statute. a corporation. This would have seemed to settle the question about personal liability for customs violations.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

for example, many of the east coast ports have expanded exponentially over the past decade in preparation for the Panama Canal expansion; however, it is unclear whether increased activity in the canal will lead to more business for these ports. In the U.S., In the rail sector, the big issue is capacity.