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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Weight limits have also been adjusted, forcing some ships to unload and transport cargo to the other side of the canal via train—increasing transportation costs. The impact of the bottleneck goes beyond the canal itself, causing delays in container shipping and inventory replenishment along various shipping routes.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As a result, inventory builds up, costs rise, and customers wait longer for their products to arrive. The United States-Chile trade agreement allows all U.S. exports of consumer and industrial products to enter Chile duty free. In 2018, Brazil’s busiest container cargo port handled 4.3 Free trade agreements.

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.