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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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Evans team understood the issue and were able to reroute the containers directly to the Detroit ramp, all under FTZ status.”. The Evans transportation team went into high gear to redirect the containers to Detroit all while keeping the proper documentation to maintain FTZ status. Stage 2: Exit and Ship. Evans Logistics Inc.,

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 27, 2021

Here are answers to the questions you might have about the impact of the Canada ELD mandate, how to prepare, and the benefits of capturing more electronic data about your freight. Since 9/11, when border crossings became more regulated, the amount of freight coming across the U.S.-Canada What is the Canada ELD mandate? Most of C.H.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

These enterprises are no longer reliant on the Suez Canal route for shipping freight on Post-Panamax container vessels to the United States. As described in my previous blog post , the enlarged Panama Canal can handle container ships up to 13,000 TEUs in size. Is your supply chain make-to-order, make-to-stock, or both?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Ocean’s biggest shipping lines are buying planes. Hasbro raising toy prices due to shipping costs. 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. And now on to this week’s logistics news. IKEA now sells its own plant-based meat.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 27, 2018

Aside from electricity, it could be argued the no greater 19th century invention shaped shipping in the United States of America more than the semi truck. So, where did the semi truck come from and how has it kept up with technology to evolve into the dominate force in shipping that it is today? to 28,000 lbs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Moller-Maersk A/S , the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable. Maersk is experimenting with driverless trucks at its shipping yard in Carson, California, and has partnered with Kodiak Robotics Inc. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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