article thumbnail

Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Several key threats are noteworthy: Competition: Panama Canal expansion: it's expected to be completed in 2015; there's already been some debate about how it will affect LA, for instance, an LA Times article in 2011 predicted a 25% decrease in business for LA. Nicaragua is considering building its own canal.

article thumbnail

Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

crisp

Purely Elizabeth’s VP of Sourcing & Sustainability Christin Powers spoke with Crisp about how in 2015, the then start-up used the B Lab assessment as a tool to develop processes and best practices to help build the business – knowing that they wanted to uphold the most sustainable, and ethical policies possible.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Unchartered Waters

TMC

Also, it points out that several other factors could alter the flow of traffic through the enlarged Panama Canal, such as the building of a canal through Nicaragua and the emergence of new transshipment options. 1] Giant Container Ship Unloads at Port of Los Angeles, Erica A Phillips, Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2015.

Panama 48
article thumbnail

An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Uncharted Waters

TMC

Also, it points out that several other factors could alter the flow of traffic through the enlarged Panama Canal, such as the building of a canal through Nicaragua and the emergence of new transshipment options. 1] Giant Container Ship Unloads at Port of Los Angeles, Erica A Phillips, Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2015.

Panama 48
article thumbnail

Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

August 2015 saw the opening of the New Suez Canal, which cost over $8 billion and increased the depth to 24 meters (78 feet). The canal could only support unidirectional traffic prior to its extension in 2015, with crossings arranged into convoys of roughly 10 to 15 ships. Additionally, a potential route through Nicaragua was examined.

Panama 52
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

SCM 3PL Subway 2015. The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%.