Supply Chain Matters
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
As we have noted in this thread of updates, to a further extent, shipments from Asia eastward that traverse the Panama Canal are an important added backdrop to ocean transport disruption impacts. In parallel is the assessing of the related restricted ship transit volumes surrounding the Panama Canal because of low water levels.
Supply Chain View from the Field
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Business at the Port of Houston is robust, and the volume is growing, based on the hope that the Panama Canal expansion will drive more cargo into the port. It seems as if the infrastructure is continuing to grow, based on the strong oil prices we’ve seen in the last few years.
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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.
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. Is the context being applied to the Red Sea disruption, or to the broader and ongoing combined Red Sea and Panama Canal related disruptions? That has since led to rebels targeting U.S.
Supply Chain Matters
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. Transit to and from the Panama Canal further remains constrained by lower basin water levels brought about by climate drought conditions. We further indicated souring business optimism more than likely extending into the final three months of 2023.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 30, 2017
A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help. Let me try to clarify.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 19, 2024
Amazon has a long way to go, as the company says its operations emitted about 71 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022, up by almost 40 percent since Jeff Bezos’s 2019 vow that his company would eventually stop contributing to the emissions warming the planet. Logistics companies tell CNBC that U.S.
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