A compromise between the House and Senate on a new water resources bill that would help improve inland and seaport navigation is still several weeks away, according to congressional leaders.
The federal Highway Trust Fund for fuel and excise taxes used to reimburse states for highway improvements on the national system is projected to go broke sometime in August, but states could begin feeling the pinch sooner, federal and state officials say. The lack of funding could delay needed projects while also causing […]
“K” Line said it will launch two new services this month to enhance service between Japan and the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia. Hapag Lloyd and NYK will also participate.
Twenty-eight trade associations, frustrated by the slow pace of getting someone installed as the permanent commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are calling for a floor vote as soon as possible to confirm Gil Kerlikowski.
Assad Kotaite, president emeritus of the International Civil Aviation Organization, has died at the age of 89. The organization called Kotaite, who died Thursday, one of the most prominent and respected figures in civil aviation, and a respected leader and visionary. He began his career with ICAO in 1953 as part of […]
CargoWise One is intended to replace the developer’s ediEnterprise platform. CargoWise also said it has rebranded itself WiseTech Global.
For the past few years, the supply chain leadership mantra has been “agility.” The economic downturn taught virtually every business, in every industry, the importance of building speed and responsiveness into its end-to-end supply chain, enabling a faster reaction to demand shifts. As a result, we’ve seen impressive improvements in supply chain capabilities […]
Ongoing progress between Mexican, U.S. and Canadian authorities to integrate border management policies and procedures has led CBP to consider proposing a tripartite conference, modeled on its popular Trade Symposium, to update industry about their joint efforts, Deputy Commissioner Thomas Winkowski said. In a briefing with reporters, Winkowski laid out the possibility of […]
The partnership between CBP and the trade community, manifested through the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), has never been stronger. CBP’s culture has shifted during the past four years to the point that it works to co-create virtually all policies and programs with the private sector. And COAC is working harder than ever […]
I thought the Secure Freight Initiative had faded into the past. Apparently not. At the annual Trade Symposium in Washington on March 6-7, U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel in the exhibit area were handing out brochures about SFI. SFI was a limited-run pilot last decade that was designed to test whether 100 […]
By Tom Nightingale Your distribution center is maxed out with inventory with no possibility for expansion. It’s not in the most strategic location. Customer service is declining. What’s the answer? Add a new DC, right? This seems logical, but it’s not necessarily the correct path…
By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol
Many container trades are lopsided, with great numbers of loaded boxes moving in one direction but not the other. Such imbalance has led some companies to investigate the possibility of building folding containers to reduce the cost of storing and transporting empty units. Several say they have workable designs and are seeking to […]
By Biju Kewalram Global IT systems are a unique and increasingly crucial part of the logistics industry. But many organizations fail to recognize that IT should be considered a competitive tool and not simply a productivity opportunity. This is especially true of the small-to-medium logistics companies and forwarders that don’t have access to capital […]
Trade compliance software is inherently an unsexy space – except for those compliance practitioners that live and die by their global trade management system. The question is whether the merits of such a system are recognizable to a public that has little time or inclination for customs rules, much less the tools developed […]
The relationship between customers and their drayage providers is undergoing a shift, fueled by evolving technology, which allows for greater visibility along the entire supply chain and incorporating increasing regulatory changes. Add in the fact that many companies are doing more work with fewer people, and the market is ripe for the introduction of […]
Hanjin Logistics’ Ambrite asks if industry is losing its entrepreneurial passion. Globalization has been a boon for the shipping industry, resulting in a huge increase in cargo volume.
For Rory Anne Hepner, general manager of vehicle logistics and distribution at Mercedes-Benz, making sure both truckers and ocean carriers are performing at the highest level of service is the utmost importance. Hepner has started sharing key performance indicators (KPIs) with Mercedes’ truckers and plans to soon start sharing measurement data with ocean […]
Kapow hammers together manual connections to different systems in the supply chain. Wrangler Jeans has a shipment that needs to go to Walmart, and as a customer service employee for one of the leading trucking companies in the country, your job is to get the jeans from point A to Z. Once the […]
Overcapacity, lackluster rates, terminal inefficiencies and potential labor disruption could upset liner carriers’ performance into 2015. At best, shippers and liner carriers in the transpacific trade are faced with several challenging years. Neil Dekker, head of container research at the London-based consulting firm Drewry, told attendees of the Journal of Commerce’s TPM 2014 […]
