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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. China and India top the 2018 rankings and put more distance between themselves and No. 9, falling below No. economic sanctions. .

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

It’s worth mentioning that China, the largest trading partner of Brazil, Chile, and Peru, invests heavily in the region, providing more than $140 billion (USD) in loans for infrastructure improvements in the past decade, according to The Business Year. In 2018, Brazil’s busiest container cargo port handled 4.3