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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics Expands Last Mile Services with Acquisition of UX Specialized Logistics. Robinson’s TMC Division Enters South American Marketplace. December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). million, respectively, for the full year 2014. Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck).

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Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the ÂŁ2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. To mitigate the investment and production loss in Tianjin, JLR has planned new production centers in continental Europe and South America. Supply Chain and Shipping.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.

Global Trade Management

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. The ability to real time monitor the status of goods requires a combination of container based technology, back-end business applications and an extended network of logistics fulfillment partners. arviem real-time cargo monitoring. ► 2014. (13). arviem website.

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Protecting the Supply Chain from Robbery

RFgen

Companies should investigate data collection strategies to respond to new supply chain logistics management obstacles and security features to prevent businesses from looking like targets. The Modern Form of Cargo Theft. supply chain theft was down 7 percent between 2014 and 2015 , according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Protecting the Supply Chain from Robbery

RFgen

Companies should investigate data collection strategies to respond to new supply chain logistics management obstacles and security features to prevent businesses from looking like targets. The Modern Form of Cargo Theft. supply chain theft was down 7 percent between 2014 and 2015 , according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Nevertheless, they offer possibilities for routes that may encourage domestic imports and exports as well as the growth of logistical activities. It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). meters in 2001. 1200 feet).

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