Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The recent West Coast ports cargo-handling disruption is an example of the butterfly effect. Companies using West Coast ports had to spend additional millions to cover extra inventory costs and shipping delays. US trade deficits rose to a massive $46 billion in December 2014. The labor dispute caused freight bottlenecks.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 4, 2015

COP21, the Paris Climate change conference taking place this week got us thinking what the carbon cost was for shipping the TV. A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7 The following are just a few examples. kg of carbon emissions. This is a big deal.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The recent decision by Japan’s three largest container companies to merge their shipping operations is yet another symptom of the volatility that is roiling the freight business. K” Line, MOL, and NYK are the three Japanese ship lines that are consolidating. Consider, for example, the Panama Canal puzzle. Labor unrest in U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

In technology news, INTTRA announced a partnership with JDA Software, which will give JDA customers access to INTTRA’s full suite of ocean shipping software, data and services. The company’s overall share of container volume has grown from 22% in 2014 to 24% in recent months.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub. December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. Robinson’s TMC Division Enters South American Marketplace.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. US Navy to accompany US-flagged ships in Persian Gulf after Iran seizes vessel (Fox News). billion USD) in pro-forma trailing 12-month revenue for the year-ended December 31, 2014. Fetch Robotics Unveils Robotics System for Logistics Industry.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. That was the message of a panel of experts on perishables shipping Wednesday at the AirCargo Americas Conference in Miami. • Disagreements over shipping practices within the industry itself. . • Disagreements over shipping practices within the industry itself.

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RFgen

APRIL 15, 2016

For example, RFgen works with a variety of military contractors that must guard against fraudulent parts and supplies – especially sent from particular regions in Asia. The Hapag-Lloyd transportation company reported a 65 percent increase in hazardous cargo mislabeling between 2014 and 2015, according to JOC.

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RFgen

APRIL 15, 2016

For example, RFgen works with a variety of military contractors that must guard against fraudulent parts and supplies – especially sent from particular regions in Asia. The Hapag-Lloyd transportation company reported a 65 percent increase in hazardous cargo mislabeling between 2014 and 2015, according to JOC.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

It appears that ports on the US West Coast are back in full swing after a protracted labor dispute delayed cargo worth billions of dollars and caused untold reputational damage to the companies caught in the crossfire. First, over the next several years, new shipping options will become available to US companies.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptors that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Freight Plus

MAY 30, 2018

truck driver retirement rates jumped to 33% last year, up from 22% in 2014. Escalating driver pay and rising diesel fuel costs ultimately mean higher consumer costs as shippers pass along the shipping buck and charge more for goods. For example, Uberized freight would use app based technology to match cargo with empty space on trucks.

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Global Trade Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Wednesday, 12 February 2014. Cargo monitoring could not only be used to prevent trafficking drugs - but also to prevent smuggling huge amount of money in containers from one country to another. **. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today. Subscribe To.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 22, 2015

Massive ships. While container terminal operators certainly feel the pressure, freight forwarders and the shipping lines themselves have a few planning puzzles to sort out on their own. Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. Shipping lines alliances. Slow steaming. Alliances and consolidation.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

FedEx to Increase Shipping Rates. Thirteen Years After 9/11, A New Attempt To Screen 100 Percent of Cargo Containers ( Roll Call ). One takeaway from this news: eBay Enterprises is another example of the convergence I’ve been taking about. DHL opens new life sciences and healthcare competence center at Leipzig airport.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) Strategy and leadership teams might elect to be alerted to production line disruptions, for example, so they receive details about every impacted order.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

A traditional viewpoint of manufacturers reveals many flaws in the efficiencies of standard shipping, transportation, and other logistics processes. You also are reducing risk for the manufacturer, because the 3PL will even cover the cargo insurance for shipments. Inherently, manufacturing and logistics go hand in hand.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Last September, a jury at Southwark crown court in south London found Amazon guilty of shipping dangerous goods by air. As reported by The Guardian : The items included lithium-ion batteries and flammable aerosols, which were flown in and out of the UK between January 2014 and June 2015.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

A naval ship at sea loses navigation abilities. In 2014, Massachusetts resident Pierre Picone pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit integrated circuits (IC) to the U.S. After public review and discussion, the final rule was published in May 2014 and can be found at DFARS 252.246-7007.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. So today and yesterday, there was not enough capacity, cargo was rolled, prices spiked. Shipping a 40-ton container back in July or June used to cost about $700 — a 40-ton container. MSC is interested to charter those ships.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2016

By 2014, it reached $77 trillion dollars. This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. For example, 26% of the 730 million TEUs shipped annually and approximately 30% of trucks on the road are empty.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For example, as we have better functionality and capabilities in our Home Depot app, we see greater engagement. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. I wear a number of hats these days.

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RFgen

APRIL 25, 2016

The Modern Form of Cargo Theft. FreightWatch, a shipping management company, reported U.S. supply chain theft was down 7 percent between 2014 and 2015 , according to The Wall Street Journal. No matter the price of the cargo, a theft will cost a business. Protecting the Supply Chain.

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RFgen

APRIL 25, 2016

The Modern Form of Cargo Theft. FreightWatch, a shipping management company, reported U.S. supply chain theft was down 7 percent between 2014 and 2015 , according to The Wall Street Journal. No matter the price of the cargo, a theft will cost a business. Protecting the Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

Here are some details from the press release: The solution will help manage and track the paper trail of tens of millions of shipping containers across the world by digitizing the supply chain process from end-to-end to enhance transparency and the highly secure sharing of information among trading partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Amazon now ships more parcels than FedEx. In fact, Amazon has even begun shipping orders for outside customers. This first started in 2014 when the company delivered 20 million packages. The restaurant, which has more than 20 locations in the northeast US and China, will open to the public in early October. billion in 2019.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2015

Uber’s Latest Experiment Is Uber Cargo, A Logistics Service In Hong Kong. October 2014 North American Freight Numbers. Big ships leave ports awash with problems (Financial Times – sub. And I pointed to Uber as one of those upstarts, with its UberRUSH service as an example. UPS Worldwide Express Freight Expands.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

After graduating from the University of Oxford, Hunter Yaw worked as a project manager for several companies, including as the Head of Special Projects, Fuel Logistics for the Sochi 2014 Organizing committee. For example, key indicators such as blood pressure, glucose levels and weight can be monitored remotely. Better drug management.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Passages, capes, and straits are defined as geographical areas through which international shipping routes must transit. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. Potential for closure or interruption. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II).

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Techgistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Speed, ease, and low cost shipping has put customer convenience at the top of Amazon's priorities and by focusing on the customer, Amazon not only strengthens their brand, but also put enormous pressure on incumbent brick and mortar retailers and pure play eCommerce retailers to keep up.

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