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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

What will happen in 2016? Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. In other cases, we simply fail to see the forest for the trees when making predictions. more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs).

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively. The Suez Canal Company's shares were purchased by Great Britain in 1874, making it the sole owner. meters in width, and 40 feet in draft (965 feet).

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