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A Gloomy Future for the Port of Los Angeles?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). How can the Port of Los Angeles respond to this threat?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Spot-market rates to ship a container from China to Los Angeles rose 38% in the week through Jan. 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. And now on to this week’s logistics news. East Coast. 18 to $3,860.

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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

  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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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

A severe drought affecting the Panama Canal is forcing container vessels to lighten their loads and pay higher fees, with further increases in the cost of shipping cargo through the canal expected this summer. It has a protocol of transit fees and weight restrictions that kick in as drought conditions worsen.

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We saw the first Green Corridor MOU between the ports of Los Angeles and Shanghai; other ports followed with agreements, including Gothenburg and Rotterdam, Gothenburg and Gent, Hamburg and Halifax, and Rotterdam and Singapore. In April 2022, Singapore and Palau joined the initiative taking the total to 24 country signatories.

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Ocean Freight Routing Terms Explained

Material Handling & Logistics

For example, a shipment from China to the East Coast would go through the Panama Canal to reach its destination and vice versa. . The same shipment via RIPI would go through the Panama Canal and arrive at the East Coast. With AWS, your cargo will be shipped from the port of origin to its destination using only water routes.

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Gridlock at US Ports is Reshaping the Supply Chain

RFgen

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said it could take up to eight weeks for the port to resume normal operations again, while other industry professionals believe it could take some ports up to six months , The Wall Street Journal reported. West Coast ports in about three months. Standoff to Affect the Supply Chain?