Tight ro-ro capacity is leading some carmakers to ship vehicles in containers and there has been a tenfold rise in volumes at the port of New York and New Jersey
Deep-ocean schedules have been impacted by geopolitical disruption in the Red Sea, as well as by drought in the Panama Canal. This has affected throughput at the US vehicle handling ports in the first quarter.
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The main lesson BMW learned from the pandemic is that logistics disruption is the new normal and being prepared to cope with it is critical to the company mindset. Part of that preparation is having a flexible supply chain.
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The intermodal service can rack up to six passenger vehicles in a standard 16-metre (53ft) freight container for rail shipment from Mexico to the US and Canada
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