American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Enduring Drought Disrupts Panama Canal Navigation The Panama Canal is a vital shipping route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Drought and congestion at the Panama Canal have significantly impacted shippers. The Panama Canal Authority is working to address the congestion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target is increasing its use of larger delivery vehicles in markets served by its sortation centers, improving capacity and creating more efficient routes, executive vice president and COO John Mulligan said on an earnings call last week. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. These conversations include long term commitments to buy from the new factory to encourage the manufacturer to invest in capacity in a new region.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The Panama Canal expands in 2016, allowing for more and larger (post-Panamax) ships to make the passage from East Asia to the United States. Our paper looked at the question of how much traffic the expanded Panama Canal would divert to East Coast ports from a number of angles. In 2015, the Boston Consulting Group and C.H.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6) and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) Ongoing Panama Canal Disruption Report authors made specific mention of the ongoing Panama Canal disruption brought about by declining water basin levels brought about by months of drought.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As we have noted in this thread of updates, to a further extent, shipments from Asia eastward that traverse the Panama Canal are an important added backdrop to ocean transport disruption impacts. Maersk is not the only global wide carrier bringing on added new ship capacity this year. Our prior published update was on January 19 th.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

Coupled with low demand, the industry continues to grapple with overcapacity of containers and vessel capacity. All of this data reinforces a significant shrinking of demand for physical goods and consequently, shipping and logistics capacity needs. Thus, in global container shipping, a buyers’ market advantage continues.

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Freightos

APRIL 9, 2024

Rates are now in the $3,000 – $4,000/FEU range for these lanes, which, recent April rate announcements suggest, is the carriers’ hoped-for floor as long as diversions continue to increase their costs and soak up capacity. Europe have declined in recent weeks, at $3.66/kg kg and $3.36/kg

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

After brutal heat waves scorched southern Europe, the river at Kaub, a key waypoint west of Frankfurt, has hit levels this summer that mean some ships could carry only about half of normal capacity. While recent rains have eased the strain, even small changes can have a major impact.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2016

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). Guillaume Roels. million worldwide.

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Freightos

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Low water levels driving weight restrictions and reductions in daily Panama Canal transits has created a backlog of about 150 ships waiting – some for more than a week – for passage.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

Most observers expect rates to remain well above normal levels while diversions continue, as carriers are facing higher costs and the longer routes soak up capacity. America rates above normal, with carriers reportedly adding capacity for the coming month in anticipation of improving volumes. Still, current rates are around 2.5X

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Ex-Asia ocean rates climbed across the board last week on early-month GRIs and further capacity reductions.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map [DK1] , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With peak season now behind us, transpacific rates nonetheless continued to climb moderately from their October lows last week as carriers seek to keep vessels full by reducing capacity. The same was true for Asia – N. Europe prices last week, and more carriers have announced planned December GRIs for the ex-Asia lanes.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But diversions away from the Suez Canal have carriers using more ships to adjust to longer transits and keep to their weekly departure schedules, which has absorbed much of that otherwise excess capacity. But even with the Red Sea diversions soaking up capacity and N.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

America vessels will also be higher than usual as several carriers had already rerouted some services – that normally transit the Panama Canal on their way to the East Coast – to the Suez to avoid possible Panama Canal drought-driven delays and extra costs. The number of impacted Asia – N.

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

And though the success of August General Rate Increases were due not only to increased demand but also strict capacity management by carriers, if demand ebbs as fleet sizes continue to grow we may be seeing peak rates for this year as well, even as some carriers have announce transpacific GRIs for mid-September. China – N.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion. Robinson announced findings from a joint research project they conducted that looked at how “the Panama Canal’s expansion will likely change the way cargo moves, by both water and land, into and within the United States.” FAA expects to clear U.S.

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3PL Insights

JULY 28, 2016

The Panama Canal was originally constructed as a way to increase maritime trade in the Americas, and it is the largest American engineering feat undertaken in history. And now, over a century after its original completion, the Panama Canal has once again been expanded. Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Central America.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Together with ZIM who was already diverting their Red Sea traffic, these carriers represent 56% of global capacity, meaning an estimated 17% of global volumes will be taking a longer, more expensive route from Asia around the southern coast of Africa to N.Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as some Asia – N.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The success of those increases would’ve depended on blanked sailings and other capacity reduction measures, which now will be canceled as those extra ships will instead be activated to service the now significantly longer loops. But the number of impacted Asia – N.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 21, 2022

billion expansion of the Panama Canal doubled its capacity in 2016, allowing the world’s largest cargo ships to sail more easily to America’s East Coast from Asia. Now, one of those giant vessels has been stuck near the U.S. capital for more than a week.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2023

But, while blanked sailings usually decrease during peak season, reports of increases in capacity reductions suggest that carriers are nonetheless facing an oversupplied market and need to reduce capacity in order to realize volume increases in the form of higher spot rates. In Asia – N. Freightos Air index rates were at $4.29/kg

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Freightos

AUGUST 8, 2023

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis August General Rate Increases (GRI) pushed ex-Asia ocean rates up sharply to start the month on a combination of demand rebounds and stricter capacity reductions by carriers.

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Elementum

AUGUST 22, 2016

The expansion of the Panama Canal, which handles about a third of Asia-to-US trade, is poised to boost trade and shipping services by shortening the one-way journey by sea from Asia to the U.S. While ship transits through the Panama Canal rose 3.7% While ship transits through the Panama Canal rose 3.7% East Coast.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

All three reportedly represent one-third of global ocean container capacity. Kovatchev further indicated that what may emerge in the industry is a standoff “ between the strong and the weak ,” with the bigger players having the financial resources to wait out the industry volume turndown as opposed to more aggressive capacity reductions.

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Freightos

JUNE 21, 2023

In the near-term, the West Coast might enjoy an increase in volumes at the expense of alternative destinations as drought-driven low water levels in the Panama Canal are getting worse , with added restrictions announced for July that could significantly reduce the number of daily transits possible via the canal.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Other aviation commitments include ensuring effectiveness of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), promoting the development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), and capacity building.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Panama Canal’s Big Bet Is Paying Off (WSJ – sub. If you’re a transportation executive, you already know what’s happening in the market today: capacity is tightening and rates are climbing. SMC³ Expands API Relationship with MercuryGate, Launches New Pricing API. One Network Delivers New ONE Chain™ Solution.

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Elementum

AUGUST 18, 2015

What’s Happening in Panama? On August 7th, Panama’s government declared a state of emergency due to an extreme drought. The Panama Canal is a hugely important passage for global trade routes. But isn’t Panama Undergoing expansion? As global trade increases, key routes like the Panama Canal are nearing capacity.

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3PL Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2013

WILL THE PANAMA EXPANSION AFFECT YOU? by Derek Byrd – Marketing Manager, Evans Distribution Systems In 2014, the Panama Canal will complete a $5.3 3PL Freight Management Logistics Virginia'

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic. As the demand for PPE has soared manufacturing capacity has become constrained, and some distributors are citing supply concerns. With manufacturing already running at peak capacity, supplies may begin to fall short.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

These include a wider Panama Canal and possibly the construction of a Nicaragua Canal; Mexican port capacity expansions; port capacity expansions on the US East Coast that will reduce the costs of using the Suez Canal; and even the opening up of Arctic sea routes.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 19, 2016

The Panama papers were still hogging the headlines and competing hard against dissections of mishaps in the private lives of British politicians. Expect further reductions in capacities and workforces across mining, metals production, heavy industrial equipment, ship building, and many others.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Consider, for example, the Panama Canal puzzle. As expected, the Canal’s increased capacity provides more routing options for shippers in the U.S. – Work with rail carrier partners to ensure capacity. How is the demand for box car capacity likely to change, and how can you prepare for possible shortages?

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