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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

The state of California moved yesterday to alleviate the persistent backup of freight imports at maritime ports by announcing a deal to lease space at six state-owned sites with enough capacity to store 20,000 shipping containers and clear valuable space at ocean-side docks. Well, the avian flu looks like it is back.

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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

However, a decline in demand doesn’t necessarily mean smooth sailing, as Spencer Shute, principal consultant at Proxima, warns, “ Ongoing supply chain discussions are now centered around strike threats and tightening capacity. ”. Tough Times for Turkeys Cause Thanksgiving Price Hike. Outpacing Competition, DHL Announces 7.9%

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Tectonic shifts

Supply Chain Movement

The New Silk Road rail route through Russia is off limits and freight is now being diverted via Turkey, resulting in reduced capacity. Whether because of government sanctions or voluntary business decisions by high-profile multinationals, Russia has been almost entirely ostracized as a sales market for companies in the West.

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DP World Adding 3M TEU of Handling Capacity in 2023

Supply Chain Brain

million additional TEUs in the Dominican Republic, a projected 579,000 TEUs in Turkey, 500,000 more TEUs in Egypt and 200,000 additional TEUs in Saudi Arabia. The expansion includes 1.2

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Quintiq World Tour, Istanbul – Plan for better efficiency

DELMIA Quintiq

Are there ways for companies operating at maximum capacity to speed up on delivery? This empowers them to create optimal plans that will improve efficiency and capacity management. Register for our upcoming World Tour event in Istanbul, Turkey. Learn how leaders are planning for the future.

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

Last year Turkey contributed Euro120 million to the Group’s Euros 8 billion turnover. Ferrero set up activities in Turkey four years ago and volume has been growing at a steady 20-25% per year. To support this growth we have already built a factory in Turkey and this has been operational for four months.

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Can Supply Chain Management Fix Supply Chain Woes?

Enterra Insights

.”[4] He went on to explain: “ At its heart, production in the Asia-Pacific region was severely curtailed for a period of time for issues ranging from the COVID impact on worksites to energy shortages, to port capacity limits. Only for turkeys.” So, there was supply chain disruption. Footnotes. [1] eft, 1 February 2013.