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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Emergency vehicles, for example, would be exempt, and the California Highway Patrol could authorize the system’s disabling in certain other cases. The Panama Canal has faded from the headlines amid all the focus on the Red Sea. But fallout to global supply chains from Panama’s drought is far from over.

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Top 10 Talking Logistics Videos and Posts in 2015

Talking Logistics

For example, here are excerpts from two emails we received recently: I live in Brazil and I am a logistics enthusiast and work in the field. The Panama Canal Expansion: The Impact on Logistics Strategies and Operations (2,057 views). TMS Innovations for Small and Mid-Sized Shippers (1,824 views). What Are Other Shippers Doing?

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10 Controversial Freight Predictions for 2016

Freightos

Forwarders have their innovation heads in cloud technology, so that they move data as well as they move freight. 50% increase in major rail and road projects , widening of both the Suez and Panama canals), and with freer trade (e.g. The best recent example? Take for example, freight tracking technology.

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10 Controversial Freight Predictions for 2016

Freightos

Forwarders have their innovation heads in cloud technology, so that they move data as well as they move freight. 50% increase in major rail and road projects , widening of both the Suez and Panama canals), and with freer trade (e.g. The best recent example? Take for example, freight tracking technology.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

for example, many of the east coast ports have expanded exponentially over the past decade in preparation for the Panama Canal expansion; however, it is unclear whether increased activity in the canal will lead to more business for these ports. In the U.S.,

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FourKites Visibility 2023: CONNECTED

Logistics Viewpoints

These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. A few examples of where connected ecosystems can make an impact are within sustainability, especially when it comes to measuring emissions, and perfect order delivery.

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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

Mexico, for example, is perhaps the most regionally integrated LAC country from a supply chain perspective, largely thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement and its successor, the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), which came into force on July 1, 2020. Sheffi points to examples such as Argentina?—?entrepreneurs