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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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Lessons to Glean From the West Coast Port Dispute

MIT Supply Chain

Today, global supply chains have to be incredibly agile to stay competitive, which means that companies have become adept at reconfiguring their supply and distribution networks in response to changing market conditions. First, over the next several years, new shipping options will become available to US companies.

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An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Uncharted Waters

TMC

The arrival of the Benjamin Franklin offers a glimpse of a major change in supply chain management in 2016. Also, it points out that several other factors could alter the flow of traffic through the enlarged Panama Canal, such as the building of a canal through Nicaragua and the emergence of new transshipment options.

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An Expanded Panama Canal Takes Logistics into Unchartered Waters

TMC

The arrival of the Benjamin Franklin offers a glimpse of a major change in supply chain management in 2016. Also, it points out that several other factors could alter the flow of traffic through the enlarged Panama Canal, such as the building of a canal through Nicaragua and the emergence of new transshipment options.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. Additionally, a potential route through Nicaragua was examined.

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Beyond The Data with William Sandoval

The Logistics of Logistics

I was born in Central America, specifically Nicaragua. You moved here when you were five from Nicaragua. That is something that we never talked about in logistics and supply. The logistics and transportation people are outside of that conversation. When I came from the supply chain side, I worked in automotive.

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Impact of Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement on Manufacturing & Transportation

GlobalTranz

from the agreement, which has major implications for supply chains and shippers around the globe. Lawmakers would have likely passed new legislation to increase environmental scrutiny of supply chains and shippers over the next few years. So, what does that mean to both domestic and international supply chains?