APM Terminals – a little gem hiding in plain sight
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If one thing has become abundantly clear to US importers and exporters, and the 3PLs that support them, over the past 18 months it is that the country does not have sufficient container terminal capacity when it is really needed.
It may well have seemed to have had enough pre-pandemic, but like a domestic heating system that only ever breaks down during winter, you don’t realise you don’t have enough space until you run out of it.
It is also understandable why ...
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