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This Week in Logistics News (March 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

per person — on the holiday this year and, perhaps unsurprisingly, their top spending categories are food and beverages. The Suez’s problems are geopolitical and those in Panama are climate-based, but both are roiling global trade. Cargo volumes through the Suez and Panama canals have plunged by more than a third.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

As I pointed out in the first part of this article, two of the world’s most vital maritime chokepoints — the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal — are experiencing serious challenges. a severe drought, which began last year in Panama, is disrupting canal operations. Unfortunately. ” How bad have things become?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A drought in Panama significantly reduced transits of larger Neopanamax-class container ships in November and December, with transit constraints intensifying last month. 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 (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Breakfast sausage, hot dogs and frozen chicken breasts from Tyson Foods are beginning to move autonomously on Gatik AI trucks in Northwest Arkansas. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has suspended bookings for super vessels through Sept. The three-year contract could expand nationwide. Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile

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Strikes and protests disrupt supply chains, globally

Resilinc

But for Panamanians, Ecuadorians, Argentinians, and people in several other Latin American countries, the food and fuel shortages that the phrase describes—along with alza de precios , inflation—are causing extreme anxiety, passionate protests, and vigorous labor actions. They are also disrupting global supply chains.

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This is the world’s largest container ship….and it’s massive

The Network Effect

900 million cans of dog food. These massive ships are also behind the current project to widen the Panama Canal. It’s hard to comprehend just how large the ship is… here are some examples of what it can carry: 19,000 shipping containers. 39,000 cars. 117 million pairs of sneakers.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 15-19, 2015)

Talking Logistics

East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion. Robinson announced findings from a joint research project they conducted that looked at how “the Panama Canal’s expansion will likely change the way cargo moves, by both water and land, into and within the United States.” FAA expects to clear U.S.