When the World Customs Organization set out to establish the SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, it handpicked a group of shippers and trade association representatives to provide industry input on supply chain security measures. That group, the Private Sector Consultative Group, […]
Customs organization ready to assist members with implementing WTO agreement.
Air Transport with Jon Ross In mid-March, the Federal Aviation Administration finally caught up to the times and issued the OK for Amazon to move forward with testing its Prime Air drone delivery program in the great outdoors. From the moments after the 60 Minutes unveiling of Jeff Bezos’ drone delivery program in […]
Inland port, logistics park, highway and freight rail to be co-located outside Muscat.
Container Analytics with Ben Meyer Much has been written in recent months about the congestion issues at U.S. West Coast ports. Contentious labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and its employers, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association, exacerbated those issues, costing shippers millions of dollars in merchandise delays and lost sales. […]
CBP Commissioner Kerlikowske pushes Hinojosa to lead key WCO directorate.
Some cargo diverted from West Coast ports during recent congestion crisis will stay.
Marine terminals sees congestion as precursor to challenges from Panama Canal.
FedEx makes strategic investment in TNT, potentially altering European delivery landscape.
The changes taking place in the container-shipping industry are structural, not cyclical, said Ron Widdows, ex-chairman of the World Shipping Council and former chief executive officer of Neptune Orient Lines, the parent company of APL. “The idea that there’s going to be a rebalancing in supply-demand in this sector may be a fantasy, […]
Shippers seek to better link transportation and compliance with their sourcing processes.
The logistics staff that you hire today for your business, whether you’re a shipper, transportation intermediary or freight carrier, will mostly come from the millennial generation. While it’s difficult to group people together—the 80 million or so millennials would be those individuals who entered the workforce after 2000—it’s often the best way to […]
FedEx’s operating income in the third quarter, ended Feb. 28, soared 50 percent to $962 million, mostly due to lower costs and programs that drive productivity. The load planners at FedEx Express, for example, have figured out that moving the center of gravity 2 percent aft of an aircraft’s center could save $7.1 […]
I read Tom Craig’s letter to the editor on missed sailings in the March issue and it’s hard to disagree on the negatives that he points out. However, at the recent TPM conference the keynote speaker, Karl Gernandt, chairman of the board for Kuehne + Nagel, in discussing the state of affairs from his […]
Mid-Atlantic state’s agriculture business, port hope to benefit from Caribbean island’s demand.
Bipartisan legislation was introduced Thursday on Capitol Hill to extend TPA to President Obama.
Tampa, Mobile and Houston joined forces to lure container lines.
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange shows spot rates to Europe at low of $399 per TEU.
New data from CargoSmart shows Asia-U.S. East Coast services through the Suez had longer average arrival delays than services through the Panama Canal.
Transportation Intermediaries Association says truck safety scores on FMCSA website have led to misuse in lawsuits.
