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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Airline group says global cargo volume grew 6.9 The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act adds a presumption under the US Tariff Act that goods sourced from or produced in Xinjiang—home to many of China’s Uyghur and other Muslim minority populations—are made with forced labor. Record robot orders in 2021. percent in 2021.

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Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry? The alliance was formed in 2014 and covers major shipping routes between Asia, Europe, and North America. How alliances in the shipping industry might impact shippers?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

2017 started right where 2016 left off: with plenty of supply chain and logistics news. and South America, collects, cleanses and commercializes logistics trade data from over 50 nations across 5 continents, including key markets in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the European Union.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

CX North America Information Services Inc. Moving on to President Trump, in my predictions for 2017 post last month, I wrote the following: Will President Trump kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and renegotiate NAFTA? Freight on digital fast track: DHL launches CILLOX. 3Gtms Releases 3G-TM Version 16.1. in December.

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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

CEVA Logistics (The Americas). DB Schenker (The Americas). DB Schenker offers land transport, air and ocean freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions and global supply chain management services from a single source. Media Caption. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Graves indicated in an interview with Bloomberg that the combined entity will have a “ focus on building a supply chain in the Americas, as US automakers look for non-Chinese sources of the battery metal.

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The Lowdown on Shipping: Parcel, LTL, and FTL

SupplyPike

Freight is defined as commercial goods or cargo carried across land, sea, or air. In 2017 alone, over $1 trillion in goods were moved by freight across North America, with truck continuing to be the most heavily utilized mode at $721 billion. Image source. Freight and parcel shipping. What is Freight?