By Alan Spear, U.S. director of cargo security loss control for AIG Global Marine Since retiring on Aug. 2, I’ve been thinking about writing on the experience, but wanted to wait at least a few months to let it settle in…
This case arose out of a disagreement between Radiant Global Logistics’ Airgroup and fashion apparel shipper Donna Karan over a stolen shipment. The parties did not dispute any fundamental facts about the shipment or theft. At issue were two questions — whether Airgroup’s liability for the theft was limited by the Carmack Amendment […]
Considering Shanghai is the world’s busiest container port and China is the world’s largest producer of containerized goods, it’s remarkable that the country’s announcement in September of a new free trade zone in the port city made relatively little splash. The proposed FTZ had been a long time coming, with the shipping, banking, […]
Knatz, former L.A. port director, leaves this month after a four-decade career at SoCal ports. There’s never a quiet time to be head of the Western Hemisphere’s biggest container port. But it would be hard to find a more consequential eight-year stretch than the one Geraldine Knatz presided over as executive director of the […]
Transition to new chassis management model is “painfully slow process.” The transition to a new chassis management model in which a new set of middlemen have taken over from where ocean carriers left off is still evolving and technical problems are being worked out. “It has been a painfully slow process,” acknowledged Phil […]
By Eric Kulisch and Jon Ross New portal allows truckers to reserve chassis on day leases. There aren’t any apparent commonalities between fine dining and drayage, but it turns out there’s one link: technology. Just as a prospective diner can hunt for a reservation at a favorite restaurant at precisely the time and day […]
Express carrier’s “turn data into insight” initiative is topped by ORION rollout. Anyone who has received a parcel delivery from UPS knows its drivers carry small handheld computers that the company calls “delivery information acquisition devices,” or DIADs. They are just the most visible evidence of a 20-year project at the company to […]
If the liner industry consolidates will that benefit or hurt shippers? Shippers and liner carriers enter 2014 amid potentially great change in container shipping. Last June, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM announced plans to join forces on the major box trades in the second quarter of 2014, creating a vessel-sharing agreement […]
When Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM announced in June their intention to form the P3 Network, many analysts figured it was just a matter of time until other carriers responded to the challenge. In early December the six containership companies that belong to the G6 Alliance said they also want […]
Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos’ disclosure on 60 Minutes Dec. 1 that Amazon was studying the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver small packages in urban areas was met with skepticism by some supply chain experts.
In November, two airlines that are part of the U.S. Military’s Civil Reserve Air Fleet — a group of commercial airlines that provide the Defense Department with planes for short-notice, large-scale cargo and troop deployments — announced they had weathered significant operational blows due to a curtailing of military spending on air freight capacity. […]
Reaching consensus on improvements to the global trading system will take at least a decade despite continuing efforts by many developing countries to reach an agreement, William Reinsch, president of the National Foreign Trade Council, said Nov. 18 in Seattle at a conference organized by the Washington Council on International Trade. The failure […]
If you’re a logistics or compliance manager or director chances are the idea of upgrading or migrating to a new technology has at least crossed your mind for 2014. Whether or not that investment takes place depends on a multitude of factors, namely: whether there’s buy-in for logistics or compliance automation at […]
When I read that two former executives at the state run-Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) were sentenced to death Monday for alleged embezzlement, I was troubled.
FedEx on Wednesday reported revenue of $11.4 billion during the second quarter of its fiscal year, up 3 percent from the second quarter of last year, and an income of $500 million, up 14 percent, year over year.
While the 2013 shipping season saw overall fluctuating cargo figures, U.S. ports on the Great Lakes have continued to outperform their initial projections. Through November, the Port of Toledo saw increases in all major cargo categories with the exception of iron ore. General cargo shipments at Midwest Terminals of Toledo have more than […]
The Lake Carriers’ Association announced yesterday that U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters experienced a decrease of 4.7 percent in dry-bulk cargo compared to a year ago, with weather delays being the key factor in the decreases. The total tonnage was 8.7-percent below November’s long-term average and down 11.2 percent from the 9.8 million tons […]
Nicholas Calio, president of Airlines for America, called for “a holistic approach” that confronts domestic aviation’s profitability during a hearing of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convened to discuss the state of aviation.
Some flag states in the European Union have failed to comply with rules regarding maritime standards, according to a recently released European Commission compliance report. Current EU rules set specific standards for flag states that are to be in place by January. Despite some states’ progress, Portugal, Ireland and all landlocked flag states […]
IAG Cargo announced today the expansion of its Constant Climate network into airports in Prague, Vienna, Las Palmas, Basel and Zurich. As IAG Cargo’s offering for temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals, the expansion of Constant Climate into these locations allows it to support businesses operating from key pharmaceutical hubs, most notably Switzerland, the company said. […]
