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

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What’s happening in the Panama Canal 2023? The Panama Canal, a crucial 50-mile waterway that six percent of all global trade passes through, faced major traffic jams this month due to a historic drought. How long will the Panama Canal drought last? Which countries are impacted by the Panama Canal drought?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

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In 2022, the company shifted away from national fulfillment to a regionalized network model. The German company offers planes, trains and trucks to move goods globally. Container vessels that traditionally used the Panama Canal to bring Asian goods to East and Gulf Coast ports switched to the Suez Canal. percent year on year.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

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Last night, I took my 13-year-old son to see the movie Air, which tells the story of how Nike pursued basketball rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 to sign with the company. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S.

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6 Things to Consider as You Plan Your 2016 Budget

Talking Logistics

Pending regulatory approvals, CMA CGM is positioned to acquire APL’s parent company, NOL. While the dynamics differ, would you invest and work with a company that is not well-suited for the future? Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure. Net/Net: The Panama Canal cannot handle the largest ships, and moving a vessel through the Panama canal increases the cost of a container by approximately $8,000.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

James Winebrake, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology There are a number of important trends happening in the freight industry, spanning all modes of transportation: trucking, shipping, rail, pipeline, and air. Lastly, air freight has been increasing rapidly over the past decade - a trend I suspect will continue.

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Everything You Need to Know About El Niño and the Panama Canal Restrictions

Elementum

What’s Happening in Panama? On August 7th, Panama’s government declared a state of emergency due to an extreme drought. The Panama Canal is a hugely important passage for global trade routes. Size restrictions on ships are worrying in large part because freight ships are getting bigger. In 2009, the canal reported 299.1

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