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U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Enacting Multi-Day Job Actions

Supply Chain Matters

The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Dockworkers, truckers, rail and warehouse workers in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Shipping Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Business media has further reinforced that at same time, the Panama Canal , which is the globe’s other key transit route. Is the context being applied to the Red Sea disruption, or to the broader and ongoing combined Red Sea and Panama Canal related disruptions? That has since led to rebels targeting U.S.

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What’s Looming for Transpacific Ocean Shipments this Peak Season?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

This shows importers are shifting their sourcing locations to countries other than China. In 2018, due to new vessel orders entering the global fleet, carriers announced an eight percent increase in capacity to the TPEB trade lane in January and early February. gulf region due to Panama Canal restrictions. during this period.

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Red Sea Shipping Disruption- Developments and Indicators

Supply Chain Matters

Business media has further reinforced that at same time, the Panama Canal , which is the globe’s other key transit route, continues to deal with restraining daily transit levels because of low water levels brought about by severe drought. That is in the light of expected excess shipping vessel capacity available in 2024.