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Impact of a Gulf Coast and East Coast Strike on the U.S. Economy: A Numerical Analysis

MTS Logistics

In 2002, a 10-day lockout between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on the West Coast had a significant impact, costing the U.S. Meat Industry Losses: The U.S. meat industry reported losing approximately $85 million every week during the delays. Export Decline: U.S.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Compare China’s share today with 2002, during the SARS epidemic, when China represented only 4% of world GDP. Shipping from Asia is delayed by weeks given soft demand for apparel and other products, and some suppliers are turning to the airline industry — with air travel down by 95% — to reduce delays.

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Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy

MTS Logistics

For the last two decades, twice the ports and labor could not agree on the terms (2002 & 2014) where there were significant delays in the availability of containers at ports. The post Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy appeared first on More Than Shipping.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years, which is hard to believe sometimes. Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Source: Google.

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[Infographic] 21st Third Party Logistics Study Shows Increased Use of 3PLs & Shippers

GlobalTranz

At the close of 2016, the 21 st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study found the overall use of third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) is increasing, but the types of logistics services utilized indicate the industry is entering a shift in how it operates. 3PLs and Shippers Report Positive Partnership Outcomes.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

Second, in the business of the profession of arms, writing ‘p laces our personal analysis of our unique profession in public view. 4] Australian National Audit Office report, Management of Australian Defence Force Deployments to East Timor , 20 March 2002. However, for simplicity I’ll use the term logistics. [2]

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Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – strategic logistics and what went wrong

Logistics in War

It requires coordination between the executive and legislative branches, state governments and industry. That being said, the committee paper was an important start to a wave of analysis, introspection and problem solving which occurred soon after the INTERFET forces returned home.