Not just ocean: How Maersk grew its US logistics capabilities
The carrier operates a robust ground freight network while its e-commerce arm integrates with its contract logistics and air freight services.
The carrier operates a robust ground freight network while its e-commerce arm integrates with its contract logistics and air freight services.
In context
- Topic: Supply Chain y Logística — Cadena de suministro, distribución, inventarios y visibilidad.
- Source: Supply Chain Dive
- Published: 30/09/2026
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Why it matters
Panama lives off this, so I read these stories differently: every movement in routes, ports or international trade is felt here before it is felt elsewhere. What is a business-section note in another country is a payroll conversation here.
I separate the information problem from the decision problem. Often the data was available and nobody had authority to act without escalating three levels. Putting a system on top of that only makes the delay better documented.
What usually goes wrong
The frequent mistake is optimising each link separately. Procurement negotiates a better price, production adjusts batch sizes, logistics consolidates shipments, and each hits their target while the whole becomes more fragile. The sum of local efficiencies usually produces a chain that cannot take a hit.
What to watch
- Where the concentration sits: one supplier, one route or one port with no replacement.
- How many days of operation inventory covers if that dependency is cut.
- Whether there is visibility beyond the direct supplier, which is where the surprises are.
How I read this entry
I would use the story to revisit agreements with carriers and operators, which were almost always signed in a different context. Terms that were reasonable three years ago can be the most fragile point in the whole chain today, and nobody has read them since.
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