Logistics Bureau
JUNE 21, 2020
With the significant disruption to Australia’s supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the question now focusing the minds of supply chain managers is whether production outsourced to China can be brought back onshore—and if so at what cost. Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China? Only time will tell.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 15, 2022
The Hummingbird has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia and Finland. The lifting of pandemic-induced shutdowns in China, retailers restocking and robust e-commerce are all driving the record-setting amount of containers through the ports, they said. from the same period last year.
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Stord
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
Tesla is scrambling to move Model 3 sedans to China , anticipating imminent tariffs on American cars that would make its product more expensive. Import fees on American cars are a problem for many companies, but Tesla’s lack of manufacturing capacity in China makes it unable to shift production to within the country to mitigate penalties.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 31, 2014
I live in West Virginia. With the rising costs of labor in China, many apparel manufacturers share that there is only a 6% differential between sewing a garment in China or manufacturing in the United States. As a result, we will have to stock fewer and fewer parts. Let me give you an example.
Material Handling & Logistics
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
also based in China, was found in violation of basic working conditions, as it compelled workers to stand for up to 10 hours a day in hot workshops slicing and blasting iPhone casings and handling noxious chemicals, sometimes without proper gloves or masks. And it’s not just China where these abuses are taking place. And the U.S.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The cost to ship a 40-foot container from China to the U.S. In January, ocean carrier Hapag Lloyd, Norfolk Southern, the Port of Virginia, and Union Pacific, collaborated in creating a triangle of trade where West Coast bound freight would be brought into the Port of Virginia and loaded onto Norfolk Southern rail cars.
Material Handling & Logistics
AUGUST 11, 2017
For example, a shipment from China to the East Coast would go through the Panama Canal to reach its destination and vice versa. . USEC is the United States East Coast and refers to all the ocean freight ports there, which include New York/New Jersey, Savannah, Virginia, and others. This acronym stands for Mini Land Bridge.
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