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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Container Ports Industry Entering New Phase as Merger and Acquisition Deals Change Landscape

Container terminal operators are faced with the dual challenges of weaker demand growth and rising costs.

Forecast global/international container terminal operator capacity ranking, 2020. Calculations are based on the total capacity for all terminals (regardless of size of shareholding) and do not include the capacity of other operators in which minority stakes are held. * Grup TCB included in 2020 ranking calculations ** APL included in 2020 ranking calculations

Risk/Compliance

Supplier Management: Procurement’s Strategic Risk Management Opportunity

The key is sophisticated risk segmentation and constant reassessment, with the supplier base divided into risk tiers.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Panama Canal Expansion: A Potential Supply Chain Game-Changer

10 percent of container traffic between eastern Asia and the U.S. could shift from West Coast to East Coast ports.

The opening of the expanded canal will have a ripple effect on the economy—impacting not only U.S. ports and shipping, but the railroad and trucking industries as well, along with virtually every company involved in trade with Asia, or manufacturing or sourcing from Asia.

63 Percent of Drivers Are Detained for More than Three Hours per Stop

DAT Freight & Analytics

84 percent of carriers rank detention among their top five business problems; only 20 percent of brokers do.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Manatee Official Encouraged by Panama Canal Expansion’s Potential for Port

A study projects cargo volume through Port Manatee will more than double over the next 10 years.

Port Manatee Chief Commercial Officer Matty Appice snapped this image of the COSCO Shipping Panama becoming the first container ship to pass through expanded Panama Canal locks on June 26.

Risk/Compliance

Risk Mitigation Should Be Part of a Healthy Supply Chain

United Parcel Service (UPS)

Supply chain risk comes from myriad sources and can be very hard, if not impossible, to predict.

Mark Quinlan

Amazon Beginning to Use Robots in its Warehouses and They’re Already Making a Huge Difference

Each Kiva-equipped warehouse can hold 50 percent more inventory per square foot than centers without robots

At the end of the third quarter of 2015, Amazon was using 30,000 Kiva robots across 13 warehouses. Each Kiva-equipped warehouse can hold 50 percent more inventory per square foot than centers without robots.

Risk/Compliance

SAP Ariba Tames Complexity of Direct Materials Sourcing

Ariba Collaborative Sourcing Professional fuels an efficient and simple digital process for purchasing direct materials

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Great Lakes Officials in U.S., Canada Release Plan to Boost Maritime Trade

The $3.8 billion plan is designed to improve maritime transportation systems and make cargo shipping more competitive

Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan and Premier Kathleen Wynne of Ontario, released the plan on behalf of the Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers.

Procurement Software

Procure-to-Pay in Higher Education

Lutzer Global Inc.

Many issues that occur during payment can be traced back to an issue with a supplier during contracting

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Streamlined Transportation Management Systems for New Freight Brokers

DAT Freight & Analytics

DAT Keypoint Ops is designed for startup brokers who want simple, scalable management software

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Truckers Strike Nation’s Largest Port Complex, Allege Unfair Labor Practices

Ports have become a battleground between logistics companies and labor organizers attempting to unionize workers

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