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December 15, 2011Global Supply Chain News: World Shipping Council Says it is Time Ocean Container Weights are Verified, Not Just Declared
US Only Country to Require Actual Weight Verification at Ports; Erroneous Weights Cause a Slew of Problems for Ocean Carriers and Shippers
  Topics : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Ocean carriers | Transportation
   
November 21, 2011Global Logistics Comment: Mexico Facilitates Trade Across Its U.S. Border
Inefficient Customs Clearance Monopoly Cost US Shippers Some $2 Billion Annually, but Relief May be in Sight
  Topics : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics
   
November 02, 2011Global Supply Chain News: Good News for Shippers and Importers, as Glut of New Capacity will Keep Ocean Carriage Rates Low for Some Time
Asia to Euro Rates Down 69% from March 2010, Net Rates Below Zero; Drewry Worries about Ocean Carrier Stability
  Topics : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation
   
October 06, 2011Global Supply Chain News: Senate Bill on Yuan Value Said to be Near Passage, Impact Unclear
China Says Passage will be beginning of a Trade War; Global Sourcing Organizations Should begin to Play Out Various Scenarios
  Topics : China | Global supply chain | Green Sourcing | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain costs
   
September 14, 2011Global Logistics News: Violent Longshoremen Action in Washington Causes Concern, Shows ILWU Determination not to Let Any other Union in West Coast Ports
Months of Tension at New Grain Terminal Explode into Violence Last Week; Are Members of One Union ''Scabs'' if they Replace Another Union Unable to Reach an Agreement?
  Topics : Global logistics | Global supply chain
   
August 31, 2011Global Supply Chain News: China Continues to Flex Rare Earth Metals Muscle, as Companies Moving Factories there to Avoid Shortages and Brutal Prices Increases in Global Markets
Lighting Maker Intematix Would Have Preferred New Factory in California, but Heading to China Instead; Costs up Astronomically in Past Few Years
  Topics : China | Global supply chain | Manufacturing
   
August 17, 2011Global Logistics News: Despite Low Growth Shipping Environment, Big Containerships Keep Coming
Maersk, with 18,000 TEU Mega-Mega Ships on Order, Upgrading Existing S-Class Ships to Hold Even More; Predicted Container Shortage for 2H 2011 not Occurring, Alphaliner Says
  Topics : Global logistics | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation
   
July 27, 2011Global Logistics News: When Shipping in Pakistan, be Ready for an Artsy Experience
The Decorated Trucks of Pakistan are Like a Moving Art Museum; Truckers may Spend more On Vehicles than their Homes
  Topics : Global logistics
   
July 20, 2011Global Supply Chain News: Summary of Activity and Trends at US Ports
Container Volumes Flat Recently, but Big Gains Expected in Q4; Port by Port Summary of Investments and Trends
  Topics : Global logistics | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation
   
July 06, 2011Global Logistics News: Will US Global Trade Increasingly Move Through Gulf Ports?
Variety of Economic, Political and Supply Chain Factors May Lead to Change in US Trade Dynamics; Rise of Third US Coast?
  Topics : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation
   

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