Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 26, 2024
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. Transits declined yet again in December as reservations were further restricted, according to newly released data from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).
Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. In the short term, drought-conditions that continue in the waters surrounding the Panama Canal continue to face long waits for traversing, or potential detours. The move will reportedly increase existing hourly wage rates 25 percent by 2028.
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RFgen
MARCH 19, 2015
The recent standoff, coupled with the planned expansion of the Panama Canal – scheduled to complete in 2016 – could potentially divert shipping to different ports, which would impact supply chain stakeholders on the West Coast. Imports alone dropped 28 percent year over year in January, the Wall Street Journal added.
RFgen
MARCH 19, 2015
The recent standoff, coupled with the planned expansion of the Panama Canal – scheduled to complete in 2016 – could potentially divert shipping to different ports, which would impact supply chain stakeholders on the West Coast. Imports alone dropped 28 percent year over year in January, the Wall Street Journal added.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 12, 2024
And a golfer unlike any other is looking to make history this weekend at the annual golf tournament played at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia: Tiger Woods. Now 27 ships navigate the Panama Canal each day, compared with 39 previously. The Masters: a tradition unlike any other. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
Elementum
MAY 19, 2015
In the first four months of 2015 the Georgia seaport has posted a 34% increase in year-over-year container imports to 529,270 TEUs. Improvements to the infrastructure of East Coast ports and the opening of the Panama Canal expansion in 2016 will also make moves away from the west more viable. percent increase over April 2014.
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
A new consideration to such shifts is a current development related to ongoing concerns toward increased lowered water levels in the approaches to the Panama Canal. The storm then rapidly moved up to the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina , to include coastal areas that include the Ports of Savannah and Charleston.
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