Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I was in Houston yesterday evening, speaking to a large group of procurement executives at a roundtable held by KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Group, at the fabulous Brennan’s restaurant on Smith Street. However, with the price of oil down in the $70′s, I did sense a bit of uneasiness in the air.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The company represents almost 8% of trans-Pacific trade shipments for the United States market, and now they have stopped accepting new cargo. However, Nerijus Poskus, director of pricing and procurement for the freight forwarder and customs broker Flexport, predicts that this spike won’t last longer than one or two months.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 23, 2015

For example, the Panama Canal has already restricted the size of ships permitted to pass through it due to drought conditions created by El Niño. As a result, some shipments moving from Asia to the Gulf Coast and eastern ports of the United States will be forced to reduce cargo loads to meet the new requirements.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

One manifestation of this problem is that multiple ports on the east coast are deepening their approach channels in order to attract bigger cargo ships. The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic.

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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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Freightos

JANUARY 24, 2024

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City. They are also disrupting global supply chains. Protests in response to inflation and shortages of food and fuel are occurring on every continent. and Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

Reportedly, one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles cancelled cargo movement operations on Monday of this week while two terminals at the Post of Long Beach closed. have flexed their muscles over the past year, staging walkouts and other actions that have shut down cargo flows and prompted government intervention.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new consideration to such shifts is a current development related to ongoing concerns toward increased lowered water levels in the approaches to the Panama Canal. Thus far hundreds of flights in the region have been cancelled, stranding passengers and air cargo. Gulf Coast or major East Coast ports.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Judah Levine December 6, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) were level at $1,620/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) were also level at $2,367/FEU.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Judah Levine December 13, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 1% to $1,603/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 5% to $2,497/FEU.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Judah Levine November 28, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,613/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $2,362/FEU.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

Accordingly, significant volumes of ocean cargo shifted to earlier sailings than normal, disrupting typical volume trends in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. gulf region due to Panama Canal restrictions. In fact, there were some instances where vessels had to unload cargo in Panama to get through the canal.

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