by closeshoring | Mar 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
All it took was a gust of wind and an apparently inattentive crew that was moving too fast in the Suez Canal to disrupt global shipping. About 12% of all international trade moves through the 120-mile long Suez Canal. More than 230 ships are in a massive traffic jam...
by closeshoring | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Canadian Pacific Railway’s proposed acquisition of US/Mexico railroad Kansas City Southern will create history’s first Canada-US-Mexico railroad, resulting in new service lanes and growth across North America. Both companies announced Sunday...
by closeshoring | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab shows that electric semi trucks and delivery trucks are less expensive to own and operate than diesel models and they are creating a financial motive for fleet and independent truck owners to demand more electric options...
by Alan Simon | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
The once-in-a-century COVID-19 pandemic thrust supply chain challenges under the microscope, prompting many companies to accelerate plans for digitization and modernization. As a result, many companies are hardening their supply chains and shifting away from a focus...
by closeshoring | Mar 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
The pandemic and other factors have disrupted international trade, causing massive delays and shipping container shortages that have substantially increased the cost of shipping goods. This dynamic is adding fresh momentum to the trend of reshoring and localizing of...
by closeshoring | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recent geopolitical shifts and other factors, like pandemic-related disruptions and rising costs of production in China, suggest that Mexico might be poised for another surge of manufacturing activity. Successful negotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada...
