Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 20, 2022
Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. BOMs are critical for sourcing and manufacturing.
DAT Solutions
JUNE 26, 2016
The Panama Canal opened a new lane for larger ships this week, and East Coast ports have been expanding efforts to attract Asian imports that would otherwise arrive on the West Coast. Expansion at the Panama Canal, pictured above, has led to a business boom in South Carolina. Photo by Stan Shebs. well above the national average of 2.7
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Supply Chain Matters
DECEMBER 6, 2023
which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6) and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0) 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.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
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. Rainfall was less than 50 percent of normal from February to April near the canal and the lakes that feed it.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 30, 2021
I also laugh when newscasters quip, “Just move west coast ships through the Panama Canal…” With new locks in 2016, the Panama Canal is able to handle vessels with an overall length of 366 m (1201 feet), 49 meters beam (increased by the Canal Authority effective 1 June 2018 to 51.25 Increase in Size of Ocean Carriers.
Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Labor Department indicating that warehouses and transportation companies employed 25,000 few workers in October than the year-earlier period. In the short term, drought-conditions that continue in the waters surrounding the Panama Canal continue to face long waits for traversing, or potential detours.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 18, 2023
Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. The massive pileup is a result of water conservation measures the Panama Canal Authority deployed in late July due to drought. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
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