Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2024

Diversify your supplier base Single sourcing presents a huge risk for companies in all industries, especially as geopolitical disruptions are on the rise. The goal is to be able to trace individual parts to the exact site where they are manufactured. Picture this: a critical part of your product is only made in one factory in Taiwan.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest updates on shipping delays in the Red Sea in January 2024, including which businesses and industries have been impacted. This response is driven by ongoing threats to crew and cargo safety, necessitating the rerouting of ships around the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in substantial delays and escalated shipping costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Global Production Activity Rise Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. Global manufacturing employment levels fell for the fifth straight month. Manufacturing , there were mixed consensus.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS.Connect by TMC. When the expanded Panama Canal opened this June, a new set of routes became available for shippers and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). As described in my previous blog post , the enlarged Panama Canal can handle container ships up to 13,000 TEUs in size.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

Such an interruption can affect any of the supply chain steps, often involving sourcing of raw materials, production, and distribution of goods or services. While the worst of the pandemic appears to be behind us, COVID-19's impact on manufacturing supply chains continues to reverberate the landscape.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

One manifestation of this problem is that multiple ports on the east coast are deepening their approach channels in order to attract bigger cargo ships. The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic. The situation is exacerbated by local stockpiling.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with back-to-back expansion levels in February. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® rose from 56.5 Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, the lessons garnered during the pandemic will likely drive inventory management toward less of a dependency on global-wide sourcing and more toward product postponement sourcing and customer fulfillment strategies. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Activity Levels- Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian Automotive is now free to sell its EV parcel vans to other parcel carriers, and added reinforcement from multiple ocean container shipping carriers that the existing industry volume declines could extend for two to three years. Transiting the Suez Canal from Asian ports is estimated to be 15 percent costlier in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

However, economic and manufacturing recession conditions are now being observed. Thus, de-carbonization mitigation efforts become more focused on supply chain strategy and policy actions along with product sourcing and transportation movement efforts weighted toward de-carbonization.

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. Delays have led to higher costs for goods.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Understand how the recent Red Sea ship attacks are impacting global supply chains and how to mitigate potential risks. Ships are avoiding Egypt’s Suez Canal, the shortest maritime route from Europe to Asia and one of the world’s most important waterways, which accounts for about 12% of the world’s shipping traffic.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new consideration to such shifts is a current development related to ongoing concerns toward increased lowered water levels in the approaches to the Panama Canal. The development is resulting in building multiday backup of ships waiting to traverse the canal.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

West Coast dockworkers incurring job actions that are hindering container ship unloading among various port terminals. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. The existing labor contract expired on July 1, 2022.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[5] ”[5] He adds, “Most major shipping firms are avoiding the Red Sea entirely and re-routing around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 7, 2025

BlackRocks $19 billion acquisition of Panamanian ports underscores Wall Streets growing influence in global trade, while Cornings solar manufacturing alliance boosts U.S. ports in 2025 underscores Hapag-Lloyds commitment to digital innovation in the shipping industry. energy independence. This phased rollout across major U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 13, 2025

Background Over the past 4-5 years, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers have been challenged by a frequency and severity of disruptive and unforeseen events. Shipping rates and added surcharges exploded resulting in impacts on product margins and expected profitability levels among businesses.

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