U.S. Textile Industry Benefits from Freight Route Adjustment

A new case study pointed out that adjustments made by garment and textile companies in North Carolina through ocean-going cargo transportation not only reduced their supply chain costs and carbon emissions, but also accelerated their speed of entry into the market.

North Carolina garment and textile companies have long exported raw materials to Central America and the Caribbean and other procurement regions, made them into ready-made garments, and then re-imported the finished products back to the US logistics center.

In the past, these companies usually used trucks, or combined trucks and railways, to transport raw materials to Rin State, South Florida. They were then shipped by local professional shipping companies to Central America and the Caribbean.

At present, Drainage has reduced the use of trucks and railways to transport raw materials, and has used Maersk Line Shipping Company to provide all-waterway South Atlantic Express (SAE) services via Wilmington, East Carolina, North Carolina, USA. ) Port exports.

The export of raw materials was transferred to the entire waterway, and it was necessary to invest in smaller size 4 feet by 3 feet pallets to transport the raw materials.

But Glenn Carlson, senior vice president of route sales at the Port Authority of North Carolina, estimates that shipping to and from Wilmington will save between $600 and $900.

The supply link between Central America and the Caribbean is considered to be more efficient, faster and more environmentally friendly.