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

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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 6 – 12)

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Retailers and manufacturers are flying more goods around the shipping crisis in the Red Sea , industry experts say, helping boost international airfreight operators after a long period of sagging cargo volumes. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Now 27 ships navigate the Panama Canal each day, compared with 39 previously.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

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Earlier this week, the company warned officials in Maryland that it plans to close two delivery stations next month in Hanover and Essex, near Baltimore, that employ more than 300 people. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7