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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. The port serves as a gateway for importing vehicles from Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as exporting vehicles to the Middle East, Africa, and other regions.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

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Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[1] In January Panamanian authorities slashed Panama Canal ship crossings by 36%. ” Will things get worse? ”[5] Rising Seas Obviously.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

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Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired GreenMile, a provider of cloud-based mobile route execution solutions for food, beverage, and broader distribution verticals. The pandemic boosted certain areas of the economy.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

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Analysts say Amazon’s service can help the company retain users of its $139-a-year Amazon Prime subscription, which also provides streaming, discounts at Whole Foods Market and other perks. This July, the company is moving forward with a supply chain services platform for retail partners across North America.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: A New Sustainability Program

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A New Sustainability Program with Feeding America. A new sustainability program with Feeding America to reduce waste and rescue food from supply chains. Convoy is teaming up in a new collaboration with Feeding America. Food waste in the U.S. According to ReFED, a program that watches food waste in the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: A New Sustainability Program

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A New Sustainability Program with Feeding America. A new sustainability program with Feeding America to reduce waste and rescue food from supply chains. Convoy is teaming up in a new collaboration with Feeding America. Food waste in the U.S. According to ReFED, a program that watches food waste in the U.S.,

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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

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The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. In total, rollover rates in transshipment ports were up across every region except for South America, one of the smallest for global and regional transshipment activities.