Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2023

The nations with the most flagged vehicles are Panama, China, Singapore, the Marshall Islands, and Liberia. To meet the 2030 goals, the industry will need to retrofit the ships’ engines to allow the burning of alternative fuels with smaller carbon footprints such as ammonia, natural gas and ethanol can be used to help attain 2030 goals.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

Unfortunately, the capacity crunch is real, and shippers need to know how to face the prospects of a slower 2016 to stay competitive and meet the demands of their customers and partner businesses. Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight. Capacity Is Tight, Not Impossible. Capacity of today’s fleets is tight.

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SCM Research

JUNE 28, 2012

The Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Logistics & Supply Chains , which meets virtually and at the annual Summit on the Global Agenda in the United Arab Emirates, has just published its second annual report. The Global Agenda Council on Logistics & Supply Chains is currently chaired by Alan C.

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 24, 2016

US Retailers Awash in Inventory, Panama Canal Route to or from Asia will be Much Shorter, Nike Says it is Committed to Going Circular, Confusion about Meeting New Container Weight Rules

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

This announcement follows a meeting between President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro this past weekend at the Summit of the Americas, the first meeting between the leaders of both countries in almost 60 years. Being the son of Cuban immigrants, people always ask me what I think about these developments. This should put U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

As 2024 begins, two of the world’s most critical ocean transit corridors, the Suez Canal , and the Panama Canal are facing threats of shipping disruption as global geopolitical tensions and terrorist threats escalate. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The report additionally cites the reasons for this year’s low levels of traditional hiring as being the NRF’s indications of lowered expected holiday spending on products and that retailers and logistics services providers can meet additional demand with existing part-time employees.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 19, 2016

The Panama papers were still hogging the headlines and competing hard against dissections of mishaps in the private lives of British politicians. At this moment, alliances are created and modified in response to regulators asking the liners to meet the benefits of the markets under each regulator’s watch.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 23, 2015

For example, the Panama Canal has already restricted the size of ships permitted to pass through it due to drought conditions created by El Niño. As a result, some shipments moving from Asia to the Gulf Coast and eastern ports of the United States will be forced to reduce cargo loads to meet the new requirements.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

More than 110,000 miles of commuting to work, driving to Little League baseball games, soccer matches, and swim meets, going on vacation, visiting family, bringing the kids to school, and other daily excursions. The car itself didn’t create many memories, but it brought us back and forth from the places and events that did. Last month, C.H.

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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 This adds to variability.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Port X Logistics provides drayage, trans-loading, and over the road trucking to help clients meet their fulfillment and production plans. With a combination of company trucks, owner operators, and logistics network Port X Logistics can effectively service every port and rail ramp.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Even a wider Panama Canal can’t accommodate the largest ships on the water, some with capacity exceeding 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Shippers are carrying excess inventory because they can’t trust service providers to deliver the goods in a timely fashion that meets the demands of the modern-day consumer.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Although it’s easy to attribute these difficulties to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is far more to the current crisis than first meets the eye. This is to avoid more costly routes such as the Panama Canal or taking the long haul around the tip of Africa or South America. Factors affecting the supply chain. The pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

If Intel meets performance targets in the deal, it’ll be eligible for $8.5 The Panama Canal is adding transit slots as restrictions in the corridor begin to ease. The ACP could add more slots if rainfall raises levels at the lakes servicing the Panama Canal. Intel wins $19.5

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In reality, appointment and price systems must be used to control capacity for interoceanic canals like the Panama and Suez. The four most significant interoceanic passes in the globe are the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Malacca, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Panama. Potential for closure or interruption. 1200 feet).

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

In logistics, most people you meet are industry lifers. A door-to-door international shipment might involve 20 fees such as bridge tolls, fuel surcharges, piracy risk surcharges, Panama Canal fees etc, with thousands of alternative routes to consider. Our team is different. In the industry they like to say that it’s very complex.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 16, 2016

To meet a deadline, containers might be inefficiently stacked on top of one another. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to officially open this June. Read the white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. No one understands this better than those at the port terminals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The West Coast only has so much port capacity, and the East Coast and Gulf are separated by the Panama Canal – another potential point of congestion. The Fact Sheet published by Biden Administration outlining commitments from that meeting included the following: The Port of Los Angeles has committed to expanding to 24/7 operation.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 19, 2016

From the Panama Canal opening to a record year in ecommerce, the happenings of 2016 have kept everyone on their toes. The Panama Canal is a prime example of a global vision being realized. Customers’ purchasing behaviors are changing, and in order to meet those demands, supply chains must shift to support that behavior.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City. Representatives from both sides met with President Biden in June—a meeting that underscores how serious a strike at the critical ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles would be for the troubled U.S.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Panama Canal expansion to be complete by end of June ( Reuters ). I walked away from meeting even more convinced that the next wave of supply chain innovation resides at the intersection of software, B2B connectivity, and social networking (for related commentary, see Here Comes the Chief Network Effects Officer ).

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 29, 2016

To meet a deadline, containers might be inefficiently stacked on top of one another. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to officially open this June. Read the white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. No one understands this better than those at the port terminals.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 29, 2016

To meet a deadline, containers might be inefficiently stacked on top of one another. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to officially open this June. Read the white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. No one understands this better than those at the port terminals.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

A smooth-functioning supply chain is vital to meeting buyer expectations. In hindsight, this leads to a risky near-complete reliance on suppliers meeting their end of the bargain without fail. Selling and making a profit is the primary goal for your business. Yet 100% reliability is not realistic.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 3, 2022

The only alternative was to seek passage through the Panama Canal after a transpacific route. Following immense backlash and public criticism, the Biden administration began to meet with port authorities to resolve this crisis. The ship blocked all transit throughout the Suez Canal for six days in March. ports to a standstill.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 3, 2022

The only alternative was to seek passage through the Panama Canal after a transpacific route. Following immense backlash and public criticism, the Biden administration began to meet with port authorities to resolve this crisis. The ship blocked all transit throughout the Suez Canal for six days in March. ports to a standstill.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

gulf region due to Panama Canal restrictions. In fact, there were some instances where vessels had to unload cargo in Panama to get through the canal. Ocean shipping volumes into the East Coast have remained somewhat steady this year, due in part by the Panama Canal’s weight restrictions. East Coast ports.

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Shapiro

MARCH 22, 2018

Does your product meet the rules of origin? DR-CAFTA : Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua. NAFTA : Canada & Mexico. Can my shipment benefit from an FTA? Some goods containing foreign materials may qualify depending on rules for the Regional Value Content (RVC).

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Business media has further reinforced that at same time, the Panama Canal , which is the globe’s other key transit route. Moeller Maersk , speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos indicated that the ongoing Red Sea disruption is “ extremely disruptive ” and could also be longer in duration.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 31, 2019

The issue stems back to the Panama Canal expansion which has brought cargo to the port at a faster rate than it's scaled. She also said that shippers will need to provide laboratory tests to meet the regulatory requirements of hemp products and a certification from the dealer, according to Freightwaves.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

I was fortunate to be able to attend again this year, and, though I couldn’t sit in on all the sessions or meetings I would’ve liked, here are my key takeaways: Geopolitical challenges, Red Sea especially Geopolitics were, of course, on people’s minds.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

In a world with an increasing number of political disturbances and mounting pressure to create sustainability, companies in a global market have to design their logistics strategy to meet demand in a cost efficient, optimal way: Plan. Poor forecasting leads to rush orders to meet the delivery requirement demands of customers.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 14, 2016

To meet the aspirations identified in this research, we need to see more formal goals and targets on management scorecards, supported by corresponding pipeline planning, recruitment and development initiatives within supply chain organizations. >>Please Set specific goals that articulate a concrete result. Netherlands Antilles.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 14, 2016

To meet the aspirations identified in this research, we need to see more formal goals and targets on management scorecards, supported by corresponding pipeline planning, recruitment and development initiatives within supply chain organizations. >>Please Set specific goals that articulate a concrete result. Netherlands Antilles.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Not only does this demand a new approach, requiring an organisation and its employees to display more agility and responsiveness, but it also creates the need for a supply chain architect in order to meet the changing needs of customers, both now and in the future. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Norfolk Island. Philippines.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 24, 2016

In this fast-paced world, where there is also increasing pressure to reduce the carbon footprint, global fashion and luxury goods manufacturers have to redesign their go-to-market strategy to meet demand in a cost-efficient and sustainable way: Plan. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Norfolk Island. Northern Mariana Islands.

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