Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large | Jun 12, 2015 11:57AM EDT After the eight months of West Coast port congestion that crimped U.S. shippers’ supply chains, 43 percent of surveyed shippers who have negotiated annual trans-Pacific contracts said they will shift shipments to East Coast ports. But of those shippers who told JOC.com they would reroute
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Some companies are shifting production to domestic sites, but controlling costs takes some work By: TARUN SHUKLA June 2, 2015 11:36 p.m. ET Coming home isn’t easy. Ranir LLC learned that lesson all too well. The company, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., has long used factories overseas to make many of the dental-care products it
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Fri May 22, 2015 7:27pm EDT LOS ANGELES | BY STEVE GORMAN Union dockworkers at all 29 U.S. West Coast ports have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a contract agreement reached in February with shipping companies and terminal operators to end months of labor strife that snarled trans-Pacific trade. Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse
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by James Nash & Matthew Winkler Next year, deckhands on ships docked at Middle Harbor on California’s San Pedro Bay won’t see many people on the wharf. Remote-controlled cranes towering 165 feet overhead will pluck containers from vessels’ holds, and driverless trucks guided by magnets embedded in the asphalt will carry cargo to robotic hoists in a sorting
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WASHINGTON | BY LUCIA MUTIKANI (Reuters) – New orders for U.S. factory goods recorded their biggest increase in eight months in March, boosted by demand for transportation equipment, but the underlying trend remained weak against the backdrop of a strong dollar. The report on Monday from the Commerce Department was the latest indication that the
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BY MARINO DONATI 27.04.2015 Adidas terminated agreements with 13 suppliers last year for non-compliance, according to the sportswear company’s 2014 sustainability report. All the cancelled agreements were with suppliers in Asia. The number is slightly up on last year,when the company ended agreements with nine suppliers. In the report, the company said it worked closely with suppliers
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