Global trade management systems (GTM) were originally designed to address how goods crossed borders and required large shipment quantities to be worth the cost, but these restrictions have slowly been torn down thanks to Internet-based technologies, allowing vendors to target midsized players with expansive GTM offerings.
By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol It’s time to review forecasts for economic and trade trends for 2012 published in December 2011…
Hohner, the world-famous manufacturer of harmonicas and other musical instruments, still makes many of its mouth harps at its factory in Trossingen, Germany
Some companies leave compliance with trade regulations to chance, studies say. By Eric Kulisch Companies engaged in international trade are concerned about shipments falling victim to customs enforcement at the border, but many frequently fail to take adequate steps to mitigate compliance risk, cut corners or simply ignore the rules, according to three […]
By Chris Gillis The dismal financial results in the container shipping industry may have started with the liner carriers, but it certainly doesn’t stop there. Only two of the 15 carriers analyzed by American Shipper in this year’s “Who’s Making Money” were profitable in 2011. These carriers lost a collective $5.9 billion […]
By Alan Spear TAPA Americas’ chairman and U.S. director of cargo security loss control for Chartis The management of risk extends from the predictable, such as life expectancy, to the less predictable, such as catastrophe…
The revenues of the world’s leading listed transport and logistics companies flattened in 2011, according to a new report by London-based researcher and consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti).
APM Terminals said Thursday it plans to open a new regional headquarters in Singapore in September as its business in the Asia-Pacific region continues to grow. The terminal operators currently operates in the region completely out of Shanghai, with the move intended to free up the Shanghai office to concentrate on China and […]
This month we summarize two decisions involving cargo needing temperature control. Sompo Japan brought an insurance subrogation claim seeking damages
Privatized terminal operations could change dynamic of Hampton Roads. By Chris Dupin APM Terminals (APMT), a subsidiary of the A.P. Moller-Maersk group, made an offer in late May under Virginia’s Public-Private Transportation Act to operate the Virginia Port Authority’s facilities in Hampton Roads, as well as at inland locations. APMT said […]
But economic growth may come from unexpected places. By Eric Kulisch World trade is being reoriented as emerging markets become the epicenter of global economic activity, but a prominent investor says the so-called BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are losing economic steam and will be supplanted by Indonesia, Turkey, the Philippines and […]
Obama expected to submit regulatory analysis to Senate for advice and consent this summer. By Chris Dupin Adetailed analysis of the Rotterdam Rules, a proposed international treaty to achieve cargo liability reform for multimodal maritime cargo, could be transmitted by President Obama to the Senate for its advice and consent later this […]
As more employees begin bringing their own smartphones, laptops, and tablets to work both in the office and in the field, headaches and costs for an organization are likely to rise. The practice of staff using their own phones is becoming known as bring-your-own-device (BYOD). Some 73 percent of information technology directors surveyed by […]
The container carrier Maersk Line has started a new Website aimed at its refrigerated container customers. The site, www.maersklinereefer.com, includes a customer guide to reefer shipping, case studies, and suggestions from Maersk’s panel of experts in the field. In recent times, Maersk has set up several micro-sites to target specific sets of customers. […]
To North American railroads, sand is sand. However, to Halliburton and other firms involved in the oil and gas industry’s new wave of hydraulic fracturing, there’s no such thing
Halliburton turns freight transport, compliance into “selling point” in company. By Chris Gillis In the highly competitive world of oil and gas, brand recognition and the ability to deliver goods and services quickly and reliably are sacred. Not to mention, there are the tens of billions of dollars in shipments moving internationally at […]
OnRamp Transportation Services, a nationwide equipment leasing, sales, and contractor services company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has promoted Spencer Angerbauer to president. Angerbauer is a 14-year industry veteran. He previously served as president of EQUINOX Owner-Operator Solutions, a subsidiary of OnRamp that markets technology-driven business services to independent contractors and owner-operators […]
W elcome to our fourth annual transportation procurement benchmark report. American Shipper, in partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), surveyed roughly 275 transportation buyers and sellers on procurement practices, processes, technologies and results. Winners. Each American Shipper benchmarking study seeks to highlight best […]
In 1862 the eyes of the nation were focused on Hampton Roads when the Civil War ironclads Monitor and Merrimac battled. One hundred and fifty years later we are waiting to see if the harbor becomes a battleground over port privatization or labor-management relations. APM Terminals, sister company to Maersk Line, made […]
On Deck with Bob Sappio We have recently witnessed one of the most rapidly changing earnings cycles in the history of the container shipping industry, and it’s not over yet. Carriers in the container trade piled up record losses in 2009 of over $20 billion. That was followed by a very profitable turnaround in […]
