The ocean shipping electronic marketplace has paid an undisclosed sum for Avantida, a cloud-based provider of solutions, to better manage empty containers.
Antagonism with China will lead to a trade war, while something more subtle would bring U.S. manufacturers true benefit
Political change has brought uncertainty to importers and exporters, but it also provides a greater chance to differentiate
U.S. aluminum industry files historic case against China producers
However, the French ocean carrier, which acquired APL last year, said operating profits recovered in the fourth quarter of the year.
The chemical industry is projected to see increased costs due to excess inventories, larger capital expenditures, and higher operating costs, according to a study performed for the American Chemistry Council by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The Port of Oakland handled less container volumes in February compared to a year earlier due to inclement weather and the Lunar New Year, which began Jan. 28 this year.
Tom Cook, managing director of Blue Tiger International, discussed the types of contingency plans supply chain executives should be creating in order to manage potential supply chain disruptions.
During the month, Mexico was the top market for U.S. pork and lamb exports in terms of volume and value, while Japan was the leading market for U.S. beef exports.
This past Thursday, there were 39 grain vessels in the Columbia and Willamette rivers waiting to load, when normally, there are 12 to 15 vessels.
The South Carolina Ports Authority broke ground on Inland Port Dillon, which is slated to open in early 2018.
The mid-Atlantic port saw monthly container throughput slip 0.2 percent to 220,726 TEUs compared with the previous February, while overall cargo tonnage grew 3.3 percent year-over-year to 1.71 million tons.
The 10-month graduate program will be taught in English, and will take place in Asia, Europe and North America.
The terminal operator signed an addendum to the original concession agreement with the Port of Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast to invest an additional SEK 250 million through 2024 at the port.
Rail operator H&S Container Line is launching a second trip between the Port of Antwerp and the Rhine-Ruhr-Main region in Germany.
Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. Chairman C.C. Tung said 2016 saw some of the most difficult markets and an overhang of capacity.
Cloud-based tech to help ‘manufacturers gone retailers’ Insightful perspective! I can vouch for Eric Johnson’s predictions in his commentary last month (March 2017 American Shipper, “CIO Insight: When manufacturers become retailers,” page 10). As we contemplate this future, there are new cloud-based retail management technologies being introduced to help the “manufacturers gone retailers” […]
The new South Korean carrier has started two of five planned intra-Asia strings this week, is commencing a transpacific service in mid-April, and reportedly wants to launch a service to Savannah and New York in 2018.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider posted a loss of $159 million in 2016 compared with a $195 million loss the previous year as revenues fell 4.5 percent to $6.65 billion, according to the company’s most recent financial statements.
Transportation and logistics employment rebounded in February 2017 following a revised loss of 10,200 positions in January, according to recent preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
