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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

increase in containerized cargo volumes in May 2014 from the previous year. Its proximity to the Port of Long Beach creates a maritime cluster that supports flexible supply chains with ready access to 14 major freight hubs across the US. Nicaragua is considering building its own canal. It saw an 8.2%

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Lessons to Glean From the West Coast Port Dispute

MIT Supply Chain

Yet with a few notable exceptions, companies forgot or ignored the lessons learned some 13 years ago and were caught flat-footed by the re-run of the contract dispute in 2014/15. And no industry has ever been able to win the struggle against technological development and corporate flexibility.

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[PROFILE] Nathan Adelman '14 - Parker CMC Networking

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g. A major enlargement project that raised the capacity to around 100 transits per day was completed in 2014. meters in 2008 as opposed to 22.5

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Impact of Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement on Manufacturing & Transportation

GlobalTranz

from the agreement, which has major implications for supply chains and shippers around the globe. Lawmakers would have likely passed new legislation to increase environmental scrutiny of supply chains and shippers over the next few years. So, what does that mean to both domestic and international supply chains?