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Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy

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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. So, there is definitely a valid reason why the ILWU is resisting so much against automation over the last two decades.

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5 examples of the black swan theory

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SARS pandemic in 2002-2004 sped up the growth of the small company Alibaba, which traded over the Internet. Interesting fact: in the opposite to my personal opinion, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the inventor of the “black swan” definition considers black swans to be an unforeseen events that have significant consequences for the economy.

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Traceability in logistics

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Lot identification and definition. Therefore, a traceability system comprises a set of procedures that make it possible to know the location of a product in the supply chain at all times, as well as to trace its route or know in advance what path it will follow. Internal or process traceability. Forward traceability. • FRESH MEAT.

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[SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER – Irv Rothman] Having the Guts to Be Bold in Business

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Here is Rothman’s definition of gutsball. With over thirty years of experience, Rothman cemented his Gutsball ethos in the 2002 HP/Compaq merger, a deal that married Compaq’s global reach with HP’s technological prowess and resulted in a state-of-the-art finance and leasing company now producing over $3.5 Gutsball (g?ts’bôl)

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International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) report ‘significant progress’ on 6-year extension

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This week’s negotiations in Newark, New Jersey, were the first for the ILA and USMX since early December, when negotiations broke off after a disagreement over the contract’s definition of automated terminals, which ILA President Harold Daggett opposes.

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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

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Yet, understanding these concepts requires a bit more than this simple definition. These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014. Reshoring Vs. Nearshoring.What's the Difference? Reshoring is the opposite of offshoring.

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Americans for Modern Transportation makes renewed case for increasing twin-trailer size to 33 feet

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population has nearly doubled in the past 50 years; there are 75 million more vehicles on the road now than in 1960, e-commerce sales are up from $42 billion in 2002 to $291.8 billion in 2016; and the USDOT estimates that freight volumes will rise 45% by 2045.