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Ocean Freight: Key Trends & Planning For Peak Season 2023

Ware2Go

In this article: Ocean Freight: Key Stats & Industry News Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 Freight Shipping From China & Alternatives What Are The Current Ocean Freight Rates? The World Trade Organization estimates 43 billion tons of goods are shipped each year—due in part to the rising trend of eCommerce.

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In Memoriam: Rear Admiral Stephen Kent Chadwick, USN (retired)

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Navy quarantine around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing nuclear ballistic missiles to the island. During the following 28 years as a Surface Warfare Officer, he served in numerous capacities both at sea and ashore. The destroyer sortied with the Essex (CVS-9) anti-submarine group and helped establish a U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub. With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. The larger ships will further test the capacity of ports and canals and the skill of their captains and crews.

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Hurricane Harvey & Irma's Threat on the Product Economy

Elementum

Currently, Hurricane Irma is monitored north of Cuba, where mandatory evacuations were ordered, and is forecast to hit Florida. Gulf Coast is home to about 90% of the nation's capacity to turn out base plastics. Petrochemical plants that make the products and the rail companies that ship them are still restoring service after Harvey.

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Texas Refiners Work on Harvey Recovery as More Storms Loom

Material Handling & Logistics

began shipping gasoline and diesel in Houston-area pipelines, although its Beaumont, Texas, refinery was too flooded to turn back on. refining capacity offline, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Valero Energy Corp. Exxon Mobil Corp. Flint Hills Resources LLC and Citgo Petroleum Corp. The price reached its post-Harvey peak on Aug.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

He had just arrived from Cuba, and having grown up on a farm, seeing those tall buildings rise from the ground was simply amazing. Toys R Us lowers free shipping limit for online orders. Importantly, we’ll gain strategic ownership of assets that will benefit our company and our customers during periods of tight capacity.