The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 9, 2019

The time it takes to move a container from Asia to the US and then to Latin America adds a lot of costs. Long ago the country found a free trade agreement from Louisiana, translated it into Spanish, and implemented it. We are moving over 7,000,000 containers per year. [23:15] In Panama, you wouldn’t have those.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 9, 2021

Resin prices spiked, but continued to stay high, as there were massive hits taken by the plants on the Louisiana cost. Interestingly, resin prices are sky high in North America and Europe, but much lower in Asia – a sign of a truly regionalized market. This is due to the lack of demand for these products in Asia.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Freighters and reconfigured passenger jets fly in from Asia and the Middle East, operated by the cargo units of Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Korean Air, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, and several other carriers. So New Orleans is erecting the Louisiana International Terminal, an estimated $1.5 to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

No doubt this will complicate efforts to get products from Asia to U.S. recently due to flooding in Louisiana and Texas, as well as a hurricane in the Florida panhandle. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. and Europe for the winter holiday season.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

While the wide-body tankers that transport LNG would’ve had no chance of squeaking through the original steel locks built a century ago, they could easily traverse the bigger channel and shave 11 days off the trip to primary markets in Asia. But 17 months in, it’s not quite working out as planned.

Panama 52

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2014

accounted for 40 percent of revenues and EMEA accounted for 46 percent, with the balance coming from Canada, Asia, and the Americas. According to the press release: The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

While the wide-body tankers that transport LNG would’ve had no chance of squeaking through the original steel locks built a century ago, they could easily traverse the bigger channel and shave 11 days off the trip to primary markets in Asia. But 17 months in, it’s not quite working out as planned.

Panama 40

Panama Purchasing Skills Just-in-Time Asia 40