Industry experts have warned for years about a looming shortage of truck drivers in the U.S. freight transportation industry. Less publicized is the potential for airlines to not have enough pilots to fly their planes. William Flynn, chief executive officer and president of Atlas Air Worldwide, said fewer new pilots going through […]
Logistics services firm C.H. Robinson paid a premium to win a bidding war in late September for Chicago-based freight forwarder Phoenix International.
When critical engine parts break down on a carrier’s vessel or aircraft, a mad rush ensues to find a replacement and get the engine serviced as soon as possible.
The most disappointing aspect of the recent political debates leading up to the election was the explicit labeling of China as a trading partner with which the United States has to get tough. Such an attitude assumes that China became the world’s factory floor merely by intervening in foreign exchange markets in order to […]
In the past few years, the United States has consumed around 11 million tons of sugar annually, or roughly 70 pounds per person.
Hawaii dairyman transforms company into a specialized tank container operator. By Chris Dupin There are many routes that entrepreneurs have taken to the shipping industry, but the one sailed by Bahman Sadeghi is more unusual. In 1986 he started a farm, Island Dairy, on Hawaii’s “Big Island,” at a time […]
A key piece to making PLAZA (Plataforma Logistica de Zaragoza) a successful logistics hub in Spain was the co-location of an educational institute in its midst. The Zaragoza Logistics Center was created in 2004 by the government of Aragon under the direction of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation and Logistics. […]
People who manage the movement of freight know how to pick the best facilities, service providers and locations to maximize speed and efficiency, but without taking a step back it’s easy to not notice that many logistics resources tend to be concentrated in certain places.
The Supply Chain Management Institute at the University of San Diego is planning a makeover to provide a more comprehensive supply chain management education, Managing Director Joel Sutherland said in an interview. “A university is similar to a manufacturing company in that, to survive and prosper, it must produce a product that is […]
Some logistics service providers are looking for different ways to hire and deploy logistics engineers to better meet the needs of customers. CEVA Logistics and Menlo Worldwide Logistics, for example, seek people who previously worked as logisticians for shippers. Former CEVA Chief Executive John Pattullo, who retired Oct. 12, said at the […]
3PLs, shippers seek new crop of supply chain leaders, make HR priority. By Eric Kulisch There are not enough highly qualified logistics specialists with management skills entering the supply chain profession, or being groomed by companies, to meet demand as global productivity and trade continue to grow, industry executives and academics say. In […]
American Shipper associate editor Chris Dupin recently reported that the U.S. Transportation Department is scrapping obsolete ships in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in California at a faster than anticipated pace. In 2010, the Maritime Administration said it would remove 28 ships from the fleet by Sept. 30, 2012. To date, 36 ships […]
Risk mitigation, supply chain reliability and disaster recovery were some of the main themes at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ big annual rodeo in Atlanta, Oct. 1-3. So it was ironic when word leaked that the reason everyone’s program and promotional materials at registration came in a plain plastic bag was […]
While the focus of the container shipping industry has understandably been trained on U.S. East and Gulf coast ports this year, political squabbles at several U.S. West Coast ports are slowly bubbling over. In Long Beach, a rift has emerged among the port’s harbor commission over accusations that two commissioners and some former […]
FMCS director George H. Cohen on Wednesday said in a statement that negotiators for the dockworkers’ union and their employers have completed two days of talks and “discussed a number of major issues.”
The liner carrier had an operating profit of $55 million in the third quarter, reversing the $88 million lost during the same period in 2011. Yet, year to date, APL’s performance in the period was worse than the corresponding 2011 period.
Before joining Pacer, Svindland served as managing director at AlixPartners, a business-advisory firm, where he co-led the Global Transportation and Logistics Practice, working with carriers and shippers.
A two-week strike at the Egyptian Port of Sokhna has ended, according to local media reports. The strike reportedly began after eight workers at the DP World-operated port were let go, leading other dockworkers to walk off the job. Sokhna lies on the Red Sea, near the mouth of the Suez Canal, and […]
FedEx Freight, FedEx Corp.’s less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary, said Thursday it has expanded its services in Canada and Mexico, including one to help shoppers comply with Canada Border Services Agency’s new eManifest requirement on Nov. 1. The company said it has expanded its FedEx Freight Priority next-day service between 13 U.S. markets and Canada […]
UPS said it is expanding its global healthcare distribution network in the Asia-Pacific region by opening three facilities in China’s Hangzhou and Shanghai, and Sydney, Australia. The new facilities bring the total number of UPS dedicated healthcare facilities to 36 worldwide, encompassing more than 500,000 square meters of space. They are part of […]
