Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

As 2024 begins, two of the world’s most critical ocean transit corridors, the Suez Canal , and the Panama Canal are facing threats of shipping disruption as global geopolitical tensions and terrorist threats escalate. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. trillion.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The ramifications of the restructuring of China’s economy, freight innovation, re-shoring, widening the Panama Canal, and the new super-size ships are all covered. This article connects the dots linking some of the broader trends impacting freight forwarding. CARRIERS & CARGO BRAVE NEW ROUTES. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COURSE 6.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

As the chart below shows, Cuba significantly lags Panama, the highest ranking country in the Latin America & Caribbean region with a LPI Score of 3.19. Their papers, if translated into English, would not have been out of place – and would have held their own – at CLM, WERC, or other major conferences. This should put U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This is a theme that was discussed a year ago at a conference in DC on Transportation Infrastructure, over coffee with William Lucas from Caterpillar. The 30 th SCRC meeting kicked off today with a theme on “Transportation Strategy in an Infrastructure Constrained Environment”. It is also happening at border crossings such as Mexico.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

He presented his outlook for container shipping to the TPM Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif., Even a wider Panama Canal can’t accommodate the largest ships on the water, some with capacity exceeding 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). sponsored by IHS Markit. Carrier services have stabilized as well.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

But one thing remains constant, and that’s my excitement for the TPM Annual Conference. Robinson colleagues are attending this year’s TPM Conference, including our chief executive officer, John Wiehoff. The post Learn, Network, and Problem Solve: Gearing Up for the 2016 TPM Annual Conference appeared first on Transportfolio.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. The conference did not disappoint. These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Recently, Thibaud Molin , a partner at the KYU, told reporters at a press conference, “The world has entered a zone of uncertainty.”[1] … In Panama, the drought is tied partly to the El Niño climate cycle, along with long-term, human-caused climate change.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. Just as the Panama Canal was unveiling a new, fatter set of locks, U.S. The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. Just as the Panama Canal was unveiling a new, fatter set of locks, U.S. The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

Consultant Jon Monroe is optimistic that carriers can reduce their charter exposure to shrink their effective fleet sizes and Jan Tiedemann of Alphaliner argued that new deliveries will be more staggered than expected, and together with an increase in scrapping could avoid an extreme state of oversupply.

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