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

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Oakland and the Seattle-Tacoma ports on the West Coast. Seattle-Tacoma is generally the best complex to serve the Pacific Northwest, playing a unique role in providing access to the upper Midwest via rail. They serve regional markets and are unlikely to receive large volumes of cargo headed to the battleground region.

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

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Oakland and the Seattle-Tacoma ports on the West Coast. Seattle-Tacoma is generally the best complex to serve the Pacific Northwest, playing a unique role in providing access to the upper Midwest via rail. They serve regional markets and are unlikely to receive large volumes of cargo headed to the battleground region.

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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. Bloomberg reported similar disruptions observed in ports in Tacoma and Seattle. Supply Chain Matters highlights the occurrence of multi-day disruptions occurring among key U.S.

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Embracing the rules: Incoterms® 2020

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Case in point: A small retailer in Seattle, Washington, wanted to purchase three pallets of product from a mid-sized manufacturer in Paris, France. Incoterms®, when used correctly, will identify the responsibilities sellers and buyers have in international transactions between countries. No one in the U.S.

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Significant Cyber Attack Involving a Transportation and Logistics Services Provider

Supply Chain Matters

There is another report of a cyber-attack involving a large-scale asset-light global transportation and logistics services provider for maritime and air freight shipping tendering and services. Published reports indicate that the effects on this Seattle based company’s operations are widespread.

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

6 River Systems

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. Today, the major business of CJ Logistics is contract logistics, freight forwarding, port logistics, courier and global transportation services. started as a single office ocean forwarder in Seattle. Revenue: $8.7