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Building a Resilient Port Strategy with Brian Kempisty & Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Beagen has extensive experience in oceanborne commerce and maritime law, with specific emphasis on maritime transportation, Shipping Act issues, supply chain management, international antitrust law, and port and terminal operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Separately, the company said in the past year, Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit sued or referred for investigation over 1,300 criminals in the U.S., 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).

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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the United Nations, climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. This can cause massive flooding for coastal cities, impacting manufacturing and shipping times. A drop of 10 centimeters (four inches) means about 100 fewer tons can be transported per ship.

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Ocean Freight Routing Terms Explained

Material Handling & Logistics

This acronym stands for All Water Service, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to ship your cargo, and also one of the most eco-friendly ; however, it’s also one of the slowest forms of freight transportation. With AWS, your cargo will be shipped from the port of origin to its destination using only water routes.

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El Niño May Have Your Supply Chain Partying Like It’s 1997

Kinaxis

That liberal paraphrasing of a classic Prince song refers to particularly strong El Niño conditions predicted by the National Weather Service for winter 2015-2016—the likes of which haven’t been seen since 1998. But El Niño was no joke then. And it still isn’t, despite the headline of this post.

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Drought, Drones and Delays with Brian Kempisty & Frank Kenney

The Logistics of Logistics

Cleo’s solutions empower teams to drive business agility, accelerate onboarding, facilitate the modernization of key business processes, and capture new revenue streams by reimagining and remastering their digital ecosystem through robust application, B2B, and data integration technologies.

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Rail Intermodal Rates Reflect Truck Trends

DAT Solutions

Most of that data refers to spot market pricing on 53-foot domestic containers. Panama Canal expansions will add to pressure on rail. The opening of the expanded Panama Canal in 2016 will enable the new class of mega-container ships to travel from Asia to destinations on the U.S. I have noticed some interesting trends.

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