2016 Cargo Procurement Solutions 
Supply Chain Digest
JULY 8, 2025
See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.) Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft.
Freight Waves
JUNE 9, 2025
maritime interests, including a requirement that all cargo purchased by the U.S. The Cargo Preference Act of 1954 requires that 50% of civilian agencies’ cargo and agricultural cargo be carried on U.S.-flag The American Cargo for American Ships Act would boost the 50% requirement to 100%.
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Supply Chain Digest
JUNE 25, 2025
Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. Srihari Senior Consultant, Infosys Posted on: May, 22 2016 Great article.
Supply Chain Digest
JULY 23, 2025
There is one easy answer: a large number of cargo ships continues to avoid sailing in the Red Sea in and out of the Suez Canal, to avoid attacks from so-called Houthi rebels in South Yemen. He adds: “The emissions spike we’re seeing today is the result of years of underinvestment in meaningful, near-term solutions. The tools exist.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 16, 2018
In 2016, the value of goods traded between the two countries topped $525 billion, making Mexico the third largest trading partner of the U.S. Completed by the exporter, the bill of lading provides a list of the contents of the shipment, establishes the value of the cargo, and acts as a legally binding document through the shipping process.
Supply Chain Digest
JULY 9, 2025
After securing access to TuffAir’s materials, Amazon abruptly ceased communications, only to unveil a remarkably similar regional air cargo model within months, based on the same technical, operational and strategic elements TuffAir had disclosed,” the company alleged in its legal filing. No comment as yet on the suit from Amazon.
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 4, 2016
We have already covered the top 6 trends for 2016 in manufacturing. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. Today we will begin our two part series covering the 2016 supply chain trends we expect to see come to fruition in the next year.
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