it’s worth noting that the international passenger cruise industry has been particularly quiet about restoring scheduled calls to any of our nation’s great ports. Could…
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Arguably, no other sector of our industry’s arena has been harder hit than food logistics providers. Now, and important shipper’s alliance is asking Washington for…
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) today issued the following statement that recognizes the threat to both human health and world economic stability related…
Peter Friedmann, Executive Director of Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC), has sent “an open letter” to the leading ocean cargo carriers on the impact Novel Coronavirus…
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has announce the appointment of Blake Harden as its new vice president of international trade. Source: logistics Mgmt
As global logistics managers know, the world is seeing the greatest displacement of peoples for over half a century. Indeed, millions are fleeing from war,…
“The ill-advised U.S.-China trade war continues to wreak havoc on American exporters and manufacturers,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka. Source: logistics…
Beth Pride, president of BPE Global, an international trade and logistics company notes that failing to observe new laws and sanctions can have severe consequences…
As this year’s CSCMP EDGE conference came to close, The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) announced the 2019 winners Humanitarian Logistics Awards. Source: logistics Mgmt
With trade policy currently a hot political topic, the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones program plays an even more important role in promoting trade, investment, and job…
A new generation of transport providers may be making some forms of temperature control system irrelevant, says the upstart drone company, Flytrex. Source: logistics Mgmt
Are rumors of yet more consolidation in the Freight Forwarding sector finally dying down? Not by a longshot, says Nick Bailey, head of research for…
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) says President Trump’s announcement imposing a 10% tariff on $300 billion worth on imports next month may be an…
While most of the alarm over trade war escalation with China has been expressed by leading U.S. retailers and manufacturers dependent on imports, another prominent…
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged freighter Maersk Alabama. It was the first time in more than 200 years…
The oft-debated relationship between digital technology and economic growth was elevated to the global platform when China’s Luohan Academy presented its research paper at the…
Top of mind for U.S. shippers doing business in the EU will be the current state of BREXIT. Theresa May will update Members of Parliament…
While Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan may have been trying to persuade the global business elites gathered last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos…
With this week’s release of A.T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council predictions for the coming year, one particular forecast is especially prescient, the trade war…