{"178101":{"#nid":"178101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Where the Shipping Industry is Heading","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHigher fuel, logistics and labor costs, natural disasters and the increasing trend toward larger ships have today\u2019s container shipping industry rethinking how it does business. Suddenly, offshoring to Asia does not seem as attractive as it used to be, and shippers are considering shifting their supply chains to Latin American countries. Having manufacturers closer to the U.S. could be a boon for the economy. But for this model to be successful, the proper infrastructure must be in place to support it. With the widening of the Panama Canal expected to be complete by 2014, ports along the East Coast are engaged in a race to be ready to accommodate larger ships. But is this the best strategy?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo understand where the shipping industry is headed, it\u2019s important to recognize its past. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/media.scoopreprintsource.com\/BizJournals\/32922_GeorgiaTechSupplyChainandLogisticsInstitute_091913.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the article\u003C\/strong\u003E in its entirety from the Atlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A viewpoint from Amar Ramudhin in the Atlanta Business Chronicle"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe should pause from the mad race to spend billions of dollars expanding East and Gulf Coast ports to accommodate larger ships and re-evaluate our strategy. The sooner the ports decide on where they fit into the system, the better off the nation will be.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2012-12-17 22:38:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:22","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"178091":{"id":"178091","type":"image","title":"Amar Ramudhin","body":null,"created":"1449179039","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:59","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"Amar Ramudhin","file":{"fid":"195947","name":"aramudhin_abc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aramudhin_abc_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aramudhin_abc_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":141277,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aramudhin_abc_0.jpg?itok=OemCeEy7"}}},"media_ids":["178091"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/media.scoopreprintsource.com\/BizJournals\/32922_GeorgiaTechSupplyChainandLogisticsInstitute_091913.html","title":"Read the article in its entirety from the Atlanta Business Chronicle."}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAndy Haleblian\u003Cbr \/\u003ESupply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.385.0136\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}