Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month. World economic growth was forecasted to slow from 3.5

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Enduring Drought Disrupts Panama Canal Navigation The Panama Canal is a vital shipping route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Drought and congestion at the Panama Canal have significantly impacted shippers. The Panama Canal Authority is working to address the congestion.

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NFI Industries

JULY 11, 2017

billion Panama Canal expansion project was completed. This time last year, the $5.25 The canal reopened with a new set of locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides for ships to easily flow through the canal without risk of delay due to accident or various water levels. During the expansion, there was also an. Read More.

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NFI Industries

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The 50-mile span of the Panama Canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, which has shortened shipping duration between countries and continents 1. Since its opening in 1914, the canal has undergone many improvements, ranging from installation of mooring systems to the upgrading of the canal’s navigation and vessel tracking system.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) and Transportation Utilization (-10.7). Ongoing Panama Canal Disruption Report authors made specific mention of the ongoing Panama Canal disruption brought about by declining water basin levels brought about by months of drought. and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0)

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 1, 2015

What will happen when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2016? The Panama Canal is over a century old. And the canal was too small for the Post-Panamax vessels, which carry two to three times as much cargo as the ships that currently squeeze through the Panama Canal. Robinson to be prepared for the shifts ahead.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the main sectors causing greenhouse gases. While the impact on planet Earth is evident, and companies and countries are making strides to reduce emissions, climate change is also wreaking havoc on global supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Distributing product in Brazil involves endless transportation choices. When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Spoilt for choice. A new model helps shippers to choose the best routes. Pictured is the Port of Santos, Brazil.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The Panama Canal expands in 2016, allowing for more and larger (post-Panamax) ships to make the passage from East Asia to the United States. Our paper looked at the question of how much traffic the expanded Panama Canal would divert to East Coast ports from a number of angles. In 2015, the Boston Consulting Group and C.H.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 22, 2016

The Panama Canal expands in 2016. If costs were all that mattered, these shippers would route their products through the expanded Panama Canal to reach Columbus via rail from the New York-New Jersey port. For other products, the cost savings of shipping through the Panama Canal will likely outweigh the extra time in transit.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community. Now we have labour disruptions and the Panama Canal drought, which in normal circumstances would lead to an uptick in freight rates as they adsorb effective capacity, but any significant price effect is now highly doubtful in the current market.”

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. However, the end of the recession and an increase in demand for transportation services did not restore the motor carrier industry to its former state. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. Steamship companies will dedicate vessels that permanently go eastbound and westbound.

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NFI Industries

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The Panama Canal expansion has ignited. Transportation. Distribution, Transportation, Supply Chain, Global. More than over $6 billion dollars’ worth of freight moves through the sea ports in the United States every day 1. 10/20/2015. Distribution. Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The 30 th SCRC meeting kicked off today with a theme on “Transportation Strategy in an Infrastructure Constrained Environment”. This is a theme that was discussed a year ago at a conference in DC on Transportation Infrastructure, over coffee with William Lucas from Caterpillar. It is also happening at border crossings such as Mexico.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

Latest Release of SAP® Global Trade Services Introduces New Foreign Trade Zone and Screening Capabilities. East Coast Ports Could Gain 10 Percent Additional Share Following Panama Canal Expansion. Goods shipped from East Asia through West Coast ports are currently transported by rail and truck as far east as the Ohio River Valley.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map [DK1] , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This particular update includes reports of additional production worker wage hikes among certain global automakers along with reinforcement data that this year’s holiday seasonal hiring levels are at a ten year low. The global automaker who operates non-unionized facilities across the U.S. This report cites data from the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2023

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted tougher greenhouse gas emission targets for the global shipping industry on Friday. The IMO is a United Nations agency responsible for creating a regulatory framework for the global shipping industry. Around 80% of global trade by volume and over 70% by value are carried by sea.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This blog was co-written by Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy – Supply Chain Execution and 3PL Global Lead, and Jen McQuiston , Product Marketing Director. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. What’s happening at the Panama Canal is far from an isolated event.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2017

This acronym stands for All Water Service, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to ship your cargo, and also one of the most eco-friendly ; however, it’s also one of the slowest forms of freight transportation. The same shipment via RIPI would go through the Panama Canal and arrive at the East Coast. Inland Point Intermodal.

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NFI Industries

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The Panama Canal expansion has ignited many sea ports to update their infrastructure to accommodate an expected increase in freight volumes. As of September 2015, the Panama Canal was 93% complete and is still expected. More than over $6 billion dollars’ worth of freight moves through the sea ports in the United States every day 1.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

Now, this week’s supply chain and logistics news, which was dominated by transportation-related items: Are Imports Moving to the East Coast? Oracle Introduces Oracle Order Management Cloud and Oracle Global Order Promising Cloud, Enabling Order Fulfillment in the Cloud. House approves $8 billion highway funding extension (The Hill).

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Global Shipping Effects of the Hanjin Bankruptcy. Hanjin Shipping, a South Korean company and the seventh largest container shipper in the world, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, which has prompted significant questions and confusion around the world as to how this will affect global shipping.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

speed, simplicity and predictability of formalities) by border control agencies, including customs; Quality of trade and transport related infrastructure (e.g., transport operators, customs brokers); Ability to track and trace consignments; Timeliness of shipments in reaching destination within the scheduled or expected delivery time.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

From wildfires to hurricanes, the potential for climate-related supply chain disruptions remains a significant concern for supply chains and economies globally. Drought Record-breaking temperatures in 2023 exacerbated global droughts. In 2023, global temperatures rose 1.18°C F) above preindustrial levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Background on Ocean Transport. Logink, funded by the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, is designed to provide visibility information.

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Elementum

AUGUST 22, 2016

The expansion of the Panama Canal, which handles about a third of Asia-to-US trade, is poised to boost trade and shipping services by shortening the one-way journey by sea from Asia to the U.S. While ship transits through the Panama Canal rose 3.7% While ship transits through the Panama Canal rose 3.7% East Coast.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

Today, global supply chains have to be incredibly agile to stay competitive, which means that companies have become adept at reconfiguring their supply and distribution networks in response to changing market conditions. Managers move on and take their experiences with them; companies are forced to march to Wall Street’s quarterly drumbeat.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 19, 2016

As world affairs go, the most recent Global Liner Shipping conference in London did not stir up much interest in the global news cycle. The Panama papers were still hogging the headlines and competing hard against dissections of mishaps in the private lives of British politicians. Same for the banks.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 20, 2014

While this is an option for most carriers through Panama and Suez, it is a great concern that the International Longshoremen’s Association will specifically not work vessels that were designed to unload at the USWC, given the “brotherhood” that exists between them and the ILWU. inland points. Transload, truck, and intermodal.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output for consumer goods production levels but continued muted growth for intermediate supply network and investment goods production levels.

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Tompkins Blog

JULY 14, 2014

Blog Post: Who Will Win the Race for Freight in the Panama Canal Expansion? Blog Post: West Coast Port Strike Exposes Need to Keep Global Trade Moving through ‘Dual Action’. Blog Post Asia Global Ports Shipping Transportation' Photo Credit: Jim Bahn.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

While industrial clusters are extensively covered in many economic literature, logistics clusters which focus on various activities in transportation and distribution is the uncharted territory. Another reason is because of a good transportation network. Unlocking Value of Global Supply Chain. A Case Study.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

Now, global demand is falling as borrowing costs have risen, so companies have started running down stocks. The massive pileup is a result of water conservation measures the Panama Canal Authority deployed in late July due to drought. As noted by the transportation attorneys at Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary in an Aug.

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