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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

  The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Uncharted Waters

TMC

An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Uncharted Waters.Connect. How much of a shift, and the logistics implications, are the subject of much debate. A white paper titled Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map , published by the Boston Consulting Group and C. East and West Coast ports.

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An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Unchartered Waters

TMC

How much of a shift, and the logistics implications, are the subject of much debate. A white paper titled Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map , published by the Boston Consulting Group and C. These big ships are expected to alter the distribution of cargo between U.S. East and West Coast ports.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Nevertheless, they offer possibilities for routes that may encourage domestic imports and exports as well as the growth of logistical activities. August 2015 saw the opening of the New Suez Canal, which cost over $8 billion and increased the depth to 24 meters (78 feet). Additionally, a potential route through Nicaragua was examined.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Mercado Libre is the largest marketplace in Latin America that operates in 18 countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominicana, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela. The marketplace has over 160 million monthly visitors.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. SCM 3PL Subway 2015.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

In light of that, Infor’s acquisition of GT Nexus in August 2015 is understandable. A third notable take-over is that of Barloworld by US software supplier Llamasoft in September 2015. Moldova, Republic of. Montenegro. Montserrat. Mozambique. Netherlands. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Norfolk Island. Philippines.