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Four Risk Mitigation Actions for Weathering a Stormy Market

TMC

Consider, for example, the Panama Canal puzzle. Deciding whether to ship cargo via the U.S. East Coast or West Coast, for instance, requires shippers to weigh various factors such as the type of cargo, the required transit time, and the potential cost savings. but choosing the optimum route is not necessarily straightforward.

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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

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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Overcoming Automotive Logistics Challenges – Part II

BlueYonder

For example, in India, where there have been poor driver standards, carmakers are investing in driver training. Yiakoumi: Our conference in Detroit in September had a very positive feel and there was a lot about the continuing growth in North America and what it means for the supply chain.

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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). Cargo can enter the country via East coast or West coast ports depending on variables such as the type of product being shipped. New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS.Connect by TMC.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

As more and more ships continue to queue up outside of major ports, some of the world’s biggest ocean shipping lines are buying cargo planes. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, a “vital trade artery.” Liners like Danish giant A.P.

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This Week n Logistics News (February 24 – March 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not. Another option is the consignee, meaning “the ultimate recipient of cargo; the person to whom final delivery of the cargo is to be made.” However, Leap Year does not occur every 4 years. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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