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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. This July, the company is moving forward with a supply chain services platform for retail partners across North America. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The EU has started to work on charting out a plan for that transition, but other large markets like North America and China will likely not follow them in 2024. So to end on a positive note, there definitely has been progress made this year for a global transition towards a de-carbonised logistics future.

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Webinar: The Servitization Revolution in Industrial Manufacturing

Material Handling & Logistics

You’ll also hear a best practice case study that will shine a light on the transformational change process – from strategy articulation to process definition and decision enablement. Reg Kenney, President, Global Engineering and Manufacturing, DHL, Customer Solutions & Innovation.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

It is definitely a bittersweet time of year. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 And while it is not officially fall yet, summer vacation is over, and my kids are back to school and starting fall sports.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

And unlike terrorist organizations and political unrests, we can’t really directly pinpoint high-risk locations and definitively isolate them. Cargo shipments from Ebola-stricken countries going to Brazil had to wait 21 days, which serves as incubation period, before they could dock. But what if these risks cannot be forecasted?

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2023: Year in Freightera Customer Reviews

Freightera

I booked, pait at about 16h00 on Tuesday and by 07h05 on Wednesday my cargo was picked up and delivered the next day. Definitely will use them for future shipments.” Definitely will try again shipping through Freightera.” Definitely would use again.” ~No Within minutes I had a very competitive rate. That’s right!