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East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S. Region After Panama Canal Expansion

CH Robinson Transportfolio

In fact, the battleground on which ports compete for customers will likely expand and move several hundred miles west, toward Chicago and Memphis. Robinson, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. but the recent labor dispute here may motivate shippers to reduce their dependence on the West Coast.

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East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S. Region After Panama Canal Expansion

CH Robinson Transportfolio

In fact, the battleground on which ports compete for customers will likely expand and move several hundred miles west, toward Chicago and Memphis. Robinson, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. but the recent labor dispute here may motivate shippers to reduce their dependence on the West Coast.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

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Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.