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Winter Storm Alert: Ice Storms in the Making Across the US

GlobalTranz

A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. Source: NOAA. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5 This weather event is rapidly evolving.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The neighboring port in Norfolk Virginia and other east coast ports like New York City can absorb the additional traffic without many complications or delays, but this incident provides an opportunity to discuss the importance of supply chain resilience.

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

Source: NWS. Light ice accumulation in parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Piedmont of northern North Carolina and southern Virginia could cause hazardous driving conditions. A powerful winter storm will begin hitting the Pacific Northwest on Friday, February 12th, and is expected to move across the southern U.S.

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Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast

Elementum

With freezing temperatures hitting as low as negative 18 degrees Fahrenheit and snowfall projected to reach up to 12 inches , Georgia , North Carolina , and Virginia have preemptively declared states of emergency. Supply Chain Disruptions. Warnings have been issued along the coast about imminent power outages.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. A disruption is a failure in cost, quality or customer service. Impact of Supply Chain Disruptions in the Past Five Years.

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Port of Baltimore Bridge Collapse Update

Supply Chain Matters

Industry focused supply chain management teams quickly pivoted in the rerouting of ships destined to the Port of Baltimore to other U.S. East Coast ports including the Ports of New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Virginia.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 16-20, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Derailed CSX train in West Virginia hauled newer-model tank cars ( Reuters ). Companies will just have to deal with this supply chain disruption as best they can, and those that took action to mitigate this risk months or, ideally, years ago will be in the best position to minimize the damage and time to resolution.