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Canadian Ports: A Fast Lane for Asia-U.S. Imports?

Talking Logistics

Canada’s two big Pacific ports have a natural geographic advantage: relative proximity. Prince Rupert, for instance, is the closest North American port to Asia due to the curvature of the Earth, and is more than 68 hours closer to Shanghai by boat than Los Angeles, according to its port authority [emphasis mine].

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Silicon Valley in a Box with Mike Zayonc

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to joining Plug and Play, Mike was a serial entrepreneur from Vancouver, Canada. Throughout University Mike maintained a full-ride athletic scholarship for competing across Canada in men’s varsity basketball. The firm has a presence in over 35 locations globally, including in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

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E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index Reveals Notably Improved Cross-Ocean Transit Time for Global Freight Deliveries

E2open

Latest report highlights how lessened demand for goods from Asia has continued to reduce port congestion, resulting in an average eight-day decrease in total time from booking to receipt compared to the year-ago period. Vancouver, Canada, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AUSTIN, Texas – January 19, 2023 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Bridge linking US and Canada reopens after police remove last protesters.

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ZIM Launches Service Connecting U.S., Canada and Asia

Supply Chain Brain

The service commenced operations January 21 from Cai Mep, Vietnam with a rotation that goes to Yantian, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Pusan and then back to Cai Mep.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx Express introduces new routes between Asia and Europe. FedEx Express has announced the launch of a new route between Asia and Europe. Customers in North Asia, including China and Japan, will benefit from increased connection and service dependability as a result of the route. We will have to wait and see.

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The West Coast Bottleneck with Brian Rice

The Logistics of Logistics

China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are the top 5 exporters to the USA. The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north. The surge in ships arriving from Asia put West Coast ports under stress, which started in November and thus far has continued through into the summer months.