Author Archives: just2bruce

PortMiami enters ‘big ship era’ with new 50-foot harbor

Another in my line of port expansion documentations.  Note that no large cargo ships have yet committed to use the port.  So it’s totally on a bet!

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Source: PortMiami enters ‘big ship era’ with new 50-foot harbor | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper

And there’s this!

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Talk about international trade in South Florida, and many people immediately think PortMiami.

Source: Port Everglades’ record trade tops PortMiami, study shows – Sun Sentinel

See also my posts before.

Charleston -‘Top 5’ container port by 2020?  And Port of Virginia!

“The Third Coast” Port of Houston

Wild spending for expanded port capacity. Suppose we spent all that money on mass transit, or on highways. We could fix a lot of problems.

Port of Long Beach Closes Temporary Container Yard

Enough said. Container and chassis problems continue to plague the ports. Aren’t they going to need the same storage next time?

The Port of Long Beach announced plans to seek new ways to use a largely undeveloped 150-acre pier to help move cargo more efficiently as the Port continues to welcome increasing trade.

Source: Port of Long Beach Closes Temporary Container Yard – Supply Chain 24/7

Supply Chain Efficient Frontiers

Another note from Dan Gilmore on the idea of improving your supply chain. How much can you do it within the current parameters?  Or should you be going after a major shift?  A bit of the research background.

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Fresh Thinking about the Poorly Understood Concept of Supply Chain TradeOff Curves

http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FIRSTTHOUGHTS/15-09-18-1.php?cid=9742&ctype=content