American Shipper

More freight delays feared at Chicago O’Hare airport for peak season.

Software company Infor looks forward to offering supply chain solutions.

   The European Union and Vietnam recently agreed to a free-trade agreement that will eventually see tariffs removed on nearly all goods transacted to and from the Southeast Asian nation.    Total trade between the European Union and Vietnam was 28.2 billion euros in 2014, including 22.1 billion euros in Vietnamese exports to the European […]

   Three Texas cities have offered to donate resources for infrastructure improvements designed to improve the flow of commercial trucks at international ports of entry along the Mexico border.    U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it has tentatively selected the cities of Donna, El Paso and Pharr for an alternative program aimed at allowing […]

Railroads, IMCs see long-term growth for both domestic and international intermodal.

   American Shipper’s August issue article “Setting the benchmark” (pages 6-10) provided useful information on the changes now happening in transportation benchmarking and the increased focus on data.     In our experience of providing ocean transportation benchmarking services to shippers, we do agree that benchmarking costs alone, without taking into account differences in carrier service […]

   Have you noticed how some ports try to create the impression that new dredging projects will make their harbors deeper than the specified depth?    I’m primarily thinking about Port Everglades in South Florida. The port is 42-feet deep and it recently got approval from the Army Corps of Engineers to take the bottom […]

Trade Trends with Taneli Ruda    Wage growth in China and the subsequent rise of the “China, plus one” supply chain strategy has, as we outlined in last month’s American Shipper, opened doors for other growth-oriented Asian economies.     India stands out as one such economy that is making unique progress in light of changing […]

   Media outlets a few weeks ago, once again, began reporting that Singapore-owned investment company Temasek Holdings is looking to sell Neptune Orient Lines, parent company of ocean carrier APL.    Like many liner companies, APL has been hemorrhaging cash since 2008 when the worldwide economic downturn brought revenues crashing down across the ocean carrier […]

Larger companies and bigger ships dominate container shipping.

   There’s been a lot of attention in the news these days about how large logistics services providers are buying up similarly large to midsized counterparts to add to their portfolios.    Since the start of the year, the announcements have come fast and furious. Here’s some of the most notable acquisition plays so far: […]

Strategic View with Walter Kemmsies    Over the last 12 months, the U.S. dollar has increased in value by 12.5 percent against other world currencies, according to the trade-weighted index published by the Federal Reserve. This has direct and indirect consequences for U.S. trade.     While the U.S. economy has been improving, European and Asian […]

Iconic Baltimore customs broker and logistics services company Shapiro turns 100.

   “We like the U.S.-flag business, we think it’s a good business to be in,” said Marc Marling, president of Teras Cargo Transport (America).    This summer Teras added a new ship, Norfolk, to its fleet of U.S.-flag vessels, unveiling it during a celebration in July at its namesake city.    The new 19,350-deadweight-ton ship […]

   Billions of dollars are spent annually to clear ports and shipping channels of sediment using a variety of dredging vessels.    The Port of Cleveland said 250,000 cubic yards of sediment must be dredged each year from the Cuyahoga River to make it deep enough for large commercial ships — enough material to fill […]

Air Transport with Jon Ross    I began covering the air cargo industry in 2010. As a complete newcomer, I first had to get a handle on the major concepts of transporting freight by air—and the basic ideas behind supply chain management, etc., in general—quickly. During those initial few months I got a crash course […]

It’s still too early to tell, but 3D printing may reshape some traditional supply chains.

CSCMP’s annual conference in San Diego to provide wealth of information to logisticians.

Decision-makers urged to talk through solutions to congestion, identify actions and implement them.

AlixPartners Managing Director Foster Finley told American Shipper that nearshoring decisions are not made in a “knee-jerk” fashion and are dependent on a number of drivers.