TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS.Connect by TMC. When the expanded Panama Canal opened this June, a new set of routes became available for shippers and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). As described in my previous blog post , the enlarged Panama Canal can handle container ships up to 13,000 TEUs in size.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

A couple of months ago, I asked one question on Quora about how 3pl companies select a warehouse or facility location. One of the most extensive data source is Commodity Flow Survey data which provides transportation volume by origin/destination/mode of transportation/type of commodities and so on.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many businesses in the US, and elsewhere, were sourcing their componentry from China. 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. When China shut down operations in a bid to contain Covid-19, supply chains ran out of material. Shipping challenges.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

7 Chemicals and Fertilizers Chemical fertilizer in a warehouse waiting for shipment, as a result of the Red Sea ship attacks. East Coast ports, even though most cargo from Asia to the East Coast typically travels across the Pacific and through the Panama Canal. Several chemical and fertilizer companies have rerouted shipments.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Integration with warehouse mechanisation and production equipment guarantees that the optimal plan will be executed in practice. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Norfolk Island. Philippines.

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

Countries like Panama, trade US dollars domestically.) However, outside the emergence of a newly discovered technology or energy source, an economic boom seems unlikely at this time. Supply chain veterans know: intralogistics, the movement of inventory inside a company’s warehouse, has always been labor-intensive. Cash reserves.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. For the first time in many months, report authors identified export order demands originating countries as being Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Indonesia and the United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Labor Department indicating that warehouses and transportation companies employed 25,000 few workers in October than the year-earlier period. In the short term, drought-conditions that continue in the waters surrounding the Panama Canal continue to face long waits for traversing, or potential detours.

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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. Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. Key indicators include the reduction of dwell times on docks, rail, or at warehouse and DCs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Dockworkers, truckers, rail and warehouse workers in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. The Wall Street Journal indicated in May an atmosphere of rising tensions between companies and workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

West Coast Dockworkers Ratify New Labor Contract Members of The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have completed the voting process and have ratified a new six-year labor contract covering 29 U.S. West Coast ports. The organization indicated that 75 percent of members voted for contract ratification.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2025

maritime transportation, state of the art warehousing, logistics and air freight capabilities. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal (Paid subscription) , the deal includes two port terminals situated at either end of the Panama Canal , the Port of Balboa and the Port of Cristobal. are reportedly part of this investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

Walmart in the news: Walmart launches pilot program for customers to recycle reusable shopping bags Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses, but jobs not at risk Amazon has become the largest private EV charging operator Biden calls for steep hike to tariff on Chinese steel S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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