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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Port Houston Container Terminals to Resume Operations Friday (WSJ – sub. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. TSA reviewing cargo screening, concerned about terror vulnerabilities (CNN). Descartes Acquires MacroPoint. million.

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. remains unclear.

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The Story Continues…. Let’s Don’t Sugar Coat the Real Issue

Supply Chain Shaman

port capacity and are critical for Asian trade. There is a need to re-shore where possible, and relocate manufacturing and supplier relationships. With the rise of the global multi-national, Asian flows are essential to today’s manufacturing operations. It is not trivial. This is not going to be pretty.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. The project aims to increase the country’s total shipping capacity by 60% by building four new international port terminals and modernizing nine existing terminals. million TEUs.

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New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS

TMC

When the expanded Panama Canal opened this June, a new set of routes became available for shippers and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). The waterway’s increased capacity provides more routing options for shipments into the United States. New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS.Connect by TMC.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

As a result, leaders are unaware of changing conditions that impact capacity and access. “Tightening capacity requires a more ‘connected’ broker…” While freight growth is forecast to slow in 2019, truckload capacity will remain tight, largely driven by a tight labor market, new regulations and other factors.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

However, some categories are capacity constrained. Even if AAP or other auto part companies wanted to move production, there is no manufacturing capacity in the US or anywhere else, so creating redundancy in this case is very difficult. Cheniere is the “smallest” of the Fortune 500 companies.

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