Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 29, 2024
In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. mile-long span. An estimated 11.5 An estimated 11.5
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. The 2022 event is in Washington. Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented.
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Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Retailers, manufacturers, and distributors all have warehouses. The Washington Post article quoted Sabrina Wnorowski, vice president of human resources at Radial, as saying “Every year we say, ‘Wow, this is really difficult’ — and every year, it gets more challenging.” They seek workers for their warehouse operations as well.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
Cargo ships lost 661 containers at sea in 2022, down from the 15-year average of 1,566 lost per year, according to the latest figures from the World Shipping Council (WSC). Some major ocean carriers have also announced new fees for goods shipped on the route as of June 1 in response to the canal restrictions.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2022
We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days.
RFgen
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Vertically integrated manufacturers — manufacturers that own or control their suppliers, distributors, etc. When you mine raw materials, manufacture goods and ship finished products around the world, it can be hard to retain total transparency over your operations. Finally, it ships these products around the world.
ToolsGroup
JANUARY 25, 2022
The new infrastructure bill invests $17 billion for shipping ports , but Ruda maintains “We can’t build our way out of this problem. Washington Post ). We need to address the data.”. Sam Ruda, Director Port Department, Port Authority of NY and NJ, speaks with NRF’s Jon Gold about what ports are doing to facilitate the flow of goods.
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