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The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

The Logistics of Logistics

He built a network of early stage investors and six thousand LinkedIn followers through successful capital raising efforts and popular businesses like The Chocolate Library and Discovery Wines, both in the East Village of New York City. Zergratran’s first project is Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) in northern Colombia.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Panama Canal has faded from the headlines amid all the focus on the Red Sea. But fallout to global supply chains from Panama’s drought is far from over. and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment. -led

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A drought in Panama significantly reduced transits of larger Neopanamax-class container ships in November and December, with transit constraints intensifying last month. Container vessels that traditionally used the Panama Canal to bring Asian goods to East and Gulf Coast ports switched to the Suez Canal. percent year on year.

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Panama Canal Expansion Boosts Freight in an Unexpected Place

DAT Solutions

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.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.

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The Panama Canal Expansion: Time Versus Cost Trade-Off

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The Panama Canal expands in 2016, allowing for more and larger (post-Panamax) ships to make the passage from East Asia to the United States. Our paper looked at the question of how much traffic the expanded Panama Canal would divert to East Coast ports from a number of angles. In 2015, the Boston Consulting Group and C.H.

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Research: How the Panama Canal Expansion Will Impact U.S. Logistics

CH Robinson Transportfolio

What will happen when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2016? The Panama Canal is over a century old. And the canal was too small for the Post-Panamax vessels, which carry two to three times as much cargo as the ships that currently squeeze through the Panama Canal. Robinson to be prepared for the shifts ahead.

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