Industry veteran Jeffery Barrie has been named CEO of DB Schenker USA, effective Nov. 1, 2018. Barrie will lead all operations in the U.S. and report directly to Philippe Gilbert, Region Americas CEO.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has downgraded its outlook for global trade this year and next, citing tighter credit market conditions and escalating trade tensions as the main drivers.
We conducted a survey in partnership with CarrierLists to find out information on three particular U.S. ports: Long Beach, Savannah, and Miami. This infographic highlights the data we found.
The core of the trade pact, which allows American companies to operate in Mexico and Canada without tariffs, remains the same.
Toyota has unveiled its second-generation hydrogen-electric truck, which builds upon the success of the first model that has been hauling live loads in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
FreightWaves data scientists are using GPS data to better understand truck movements through the busiest ports in North America—origin and destination, lanes, and the time it takes to get freight into retailers’ DC networks.
The agreement will cover around 25% of the global economy, and, according to Bloomberg, by some measures the largest free trade area in the world.
Economists say the impact could spread beyond the specific categories of imports and exports that may be subject to tariffs.
The song of 2018 remains the same—and tariffs or no tariffs, it projects to remain so even as infrastructure on the rails and ports expand.
Dubai Ports World’s Thames wing, DP World London Gateway, has unveiled its latest tool called “Where’s My Container” (WMC), an app created to help stakeholders in the logistics space track their freight.
