Look around you. Your phone, your computer, your cup of coffee: 90% of everything you use comes by sea, transported by an often-invisible workforce of…
Posts published in April 2019
XPO Logistics, Inc. recently announced the release of its first annual report on sustainability initiatives, which among other things, addresses sensitivity to organized labor issues.…
Lately, it seems odd when there is not any news coming about logistics inroads being made by global e-commerce bellwether Amazon. If it is not…
Download this new whitepaper to learn how to calm the reverse logistics chaos by examining these Distribution Center (DC) best practices. Source: logistics Mgmt
A photo op at the White House between leaders of both political parties has renewed hopes for a comprehensive, costly, and sorely needed huge package…
Champion of ‘she’-farers and women in maritime The Manila Times In an industry full of steel, grit, and hard labor, seeing a woman stretch her limits,…
LSC freight revenues down by 10% The Manila Times Lorenzo Shipping Corp. (LSC) said stiff competition and excess capacity in the domestic shipping resulted to a…
Shipping doesn’t need digitalisation as much as it needs leaders who can attract talented teams of key skills Related Stories From the News Desk:…
Danish group now expects to close Panalpina takeover by the end of the third quarter Related Stories V.Group names Westgarth as chief executive after…
Chief executive Ian El-Mokadem leaves the company after less than two years Related Stories DSV forecasts further growth ahead of Panalpina merger Noble seeks…
What sinking ship finance means to future ocean freight markets FreightWaves At the same time Wall Street investors are shunning ship owners, European banks are pulling…
Dow Theory fans see signs of trouble in a soft Dow Jones Transportation Average MarketWatch CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Neither the Dow Jones Industrial Average nor…
Marina and DOE join to promote green shipping Manila Bulletin The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are promoting more sustainable and…
The vessels, built between 2010 and 2013, are debt-free, company says Related Stories DSV forecasts further growth ahead of Panalpina merger V.Group names Westgarth…
Rising 2.2 cents, this week’s average is at $3.169, following gains of 2.7-cents and 2.5-cents, respectively, the previous two weeks. Source: logistics Mgmt
While the interminable debate between business interests and the freight railroad sector’s chief regulatory arm continues to linger, one thing remains certain: the state of…
Of the 753 very serious incidents that took place since 2014, 363 accident investigation reports exist, giving a compliance rate… Related Stories China-Iran crude…
The digital era for supply chain is well under way.. Technology and supply chain having seemingly become inseparable.. Technologies such as Blockchain, IoT, Big Data,…
Uber Freight, the app hosted by ubiquitous ridesharing company Uber, that matches trucking companies with loads to haul, and SAP, the global leader in enterprise…
After several false starts and nearly two years of negotiations and ratifications by separate Teamsters locals, a five-year contract covering about 250,000 Teamster-represented workers at…