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3 Ways the U.S. Government is Getting Further Involved in Shipping

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government is pursuing a path towards further regulations of the shipping industry and the supply chain at-large. Taken together, all of these developments may have consequential effects on the industry over the long-term. Once passed, it will be the biggest overhaul of shipping industry regulations in over twenty years.

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Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties for Frozen Warm Water Shrimp Products: An Update

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This is a leading trade event for all sectors of the Seafood Industry. One of the most important topics being asked in the industry right now is “Where are we with the Department of Commerce implementing Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty from Ecuador, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam? government’s definition.

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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

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Government Warehouses. Government Warehouses. The United States Federal government leases or owns 90 million square feet of warehousing space across 19,000 buildings. This accounts for 15% of the total warehousing industry in the US. Federal government uses up 15% of all warehousing space in the country.

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Regulation Blowback: How Governments are Pushing Back Against Carriers

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For years, various parties in the logistics industry warned that ocean carrier consolidation, combined with vessel-sharing agreements would tilt the playing field against shippers. Many argue that ocean carriers are the definition of an oligopoly. commission open an investigation into the industry.

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The Definition of Transparency

Blue Grace Logistics

As companies mature and the market changes, our understanding of crucial operating components of any industry has also grown. Transparency within the supply chain has gone from an unrecognized concept to a focus item for the C-Suite across a vast number of companies and industries. The Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency.

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2023 Expectations for Ocean Shipping and the Broader Shipping Industry

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The definition of normalization is difficult to come by. A lot can happen throughout the year, but I have listed our biggest predictions for ocean shipping and the broader shipping industry in 2023 below. This is in parallel with overall expectations from other industries, as the status quo will be the same for many different sectors.

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A Multibillion-Dollar Supply Chain Market Growing at a Double Digit Rate that Nobody Knows About

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC’s definition is that a supply chain collaboration network is a “collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. Industry and government data can be used to increase forecast accuracy.