Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2013

In this episode, Kevin Gavin , VP of Supply Chain Compliance at Descartes, provides an update on several important cargo security and customs compliance initiatives, such as the Importer Security Filing (ISF) and Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) program, along with some recommendations for shippers, freight forwarders, and 3PLs on how to create best-in-class cargo security and customs compliance processes.

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Descartes

OCTOBER 2, 2019

IATA has been leading the industry e-freight program aimed at taking paper out of the air cargo supply chain to reduce costs and increase efficiency for all participants. Julie Calcunovitch is Vice President, Air Product Management at Descartes The highly demanding and competitive nature of the supply chain industry demands proactive collaboration amongst trading partners in the air freight community.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As shoppers count down the days until they can score deals on the hottest products, cargo thieves are counting on cashing in on opportunities to swipe unattended trailers and shipments. The industry experiences more cargo theft incidents when there is a higher volume of consumer goods moving through the supply chain. But while we are in the midst of a season notorious for a spike in cargo thefts , there are a few precautions you can take to protect your freight.

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 22, 2019

5 Tips for Protecting Your Freight Against Cargo Thieves. In 2018, motor carriers reported almost 600 incidents of cargo theft nationwide. Cargo thieves can take advantage of opportunities for crime, such as low security at a cargo hold, to steal thousands of dollars worth of cargo. Thieves stealing cargo can cause disaster along the supply chain. Use these tips to protect your cargo against criminals and avoid costly mishaps.

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CHAINalytics

MARCH 2, 2018

The Chainalytics Ocean Buying Group, in partnership with Drewry, will provide participating Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCOs) with enhanced purchasing power, service monitoring and cost … The post Chainalytics and Drewry partner to create Ocean Buying Group for small and medium sized shippers appeared first on Chainalytics. Press Release Transportation Beneficial Cargo Owners Ocean Carrier Ocean Freight Procurement

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EV Cargo Technology

JANUARY 10, 2019

EV Cargo Technology is one of six EmergeVest-backed companies forming EV Cargo. EV Cargo is a £850 million business focused on intersection of logistics and technology. Cargo-centric model delivers mission-critical supply chain services. EV Cargo Technology, one of the UK’s leading providers of supply chain management software is one of six premier logistics companies which have joined forces to form EV Cargo.

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Supply Chain Nation

JANUARY 12, 2018

This week: how expectations for rapid delivery are driving competition in the air cargo space; the growing driver shortage in the trucking industry; how in-store mobility could help boost retail sales; the startup business behind reducing food waste; and how the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact the supply chain. The battle for air cargo space. The growing need to support rapid delivery is driving greater demand for air cargo shipments, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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EV Cargo Technology

JANUARY 10, 2019

Adjuno is one of six EmergeVest-backed companies forming EV Cargo. EV Cargo is a £850 million business focused on intersection of logistics and technology. Cargo-centric model delivers mission-critical supply chain services. Adjuno, one of the UK’s leading providers of supply chain management software is one of six premier logistics companies which have joined forces to form EV Cargo.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group, will now have access to a new ‘preighter’ A330 wide-body aircraft for its customers

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Supply Chain Nation

JANUARY 12, 2018

This week: how expectations for rapid delivery are driving competition in the air cargo space; the growing driver shortage in the trucking industry; how in-store mobility could help boost retail sales; the startup business behind reducing food waste; and how the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact the supply chain. The battle for air cargo space. The growing need to support rapid delivery is driving greater demand for air cargo shipments, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Global Trade Management

MAY 1, 2014

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. From time to time Im reading through the mails I get from my LinkedIn discussion group "Supply Chain Management Group ". Realtime cargo monitoring does not solve all these ideas 100% itself. But realtime cargo monitoring could contribute substantially. arviem, founded in 2008, has grown organically to become the leading service provider for real-time cargo monitoring. arviem real-time cargo monitoring.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) and its sister airline LEVEL, have announced a return to regular services from Barcelona to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The cargo division of International Airlines Group has recently announced that it has partnered with IATA’s air cargo rates distribution platform, IATA Net Rates, to offer an additional platform which customers can use to do business with IAG Cargo.

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EFT

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Supply chain solutions leader AIT Worldwide Logistics announced the expansion of its global footprint with the acquisition of ConneXion World Cargo, a freight forwarder headquartered in London with five additional locations in Asia, Europe and North America. He said, "AIT has many customers in the UK with consistently high cargo volume and the company's aspiration to expand there has intensified in recent years.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2015

Cargo Chief Cracks the Code on Transportation Capacity. Same-day deliveries to customers are powered by Deliv, a rapidly growing crowdsourced delivery provider, in collaboration with major mall owners, including General Growth Properties, Macerich, PREIT, Simon Property Group, Taubman Centers and Westfield Corporation. For example, there’s Cargo Chief , which issued a press release this week on how it is “cracking the code on transportation capacity.”

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Logistics Trends and Insights

JULY 17, 2019

As the air cargo market continues to experience downward pressures, carriers, airports, and air freight forwarders are once again turning towards niche industry solutions to help not only jumpstart declining volumes but also revenues. The pharmaceutical industry has been of particular interest to the air cargo market for years. In regards to air cargo, WorldACD noted that while overall air cargo volumes declined during May, pharma and temperature-controlled goods increased 9.9%.

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EV Cargo Technology

JANUARY 20, 2020

The company has changed its name to EV Cargo Technology in a move designed to consolidate its position as a key player within EV Cargo, a global logistics provider. EV Cargo provides mission-critical transport, logistics and freight forwarding services and logistics technology to a portfolio of leading brands. Like all business units within EV Cargo, it is undertaking a strategy of organic growth and will benefit from leveraging the well-recognised EV Cargo brand.

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Logistics Middle East

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The terminal could handle up to 1.6 million tonnes per year

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Speakers from supply chain management, freight forwarding, air carrier and inland distribution companies addressed the problems with perishables, which include major product groups ranging from foodstuffs and medicines to flowers. But air carrier Martinair Cargo has built temperature monitoring into its records system and handling processes, and found it has been a useful tool in protecting themselves from damage claims.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). A similar situation exists in the air cargo market, as reported by Reuters: Following a sharp fall in freight prices air cargo companies are set to trim their fleets and jobs further to battle overcapacity while looking for new partnerships and products to carry, industry executives and analysts say.

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Supply Chain Nation

MAY 30, 2014

Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) were the center of the cargo transportation universe and the shippers were fully reliant on them for all their logistics needs. A true cargo pricing bazaar was the result. These conditions create a perfect storm for the carriers to break out of the cargo pricing bazaar. Then and only then do they stand a chance of beating the thin margins and low yields trends that drive this cargo bazaar. Those were the good old days.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Park It, Trucks: Here Come New York’s Cargo Bikes (New York Times) Amazon Tests Cheap Warehouses. News This Week in News Amazon cargo bikes Descartes Systems Group drones FourKites IMO 2020 Nulogy Retail tariffs Uber UPSIt’s one of those mornings where I look out the window, see the snow, the barren trees, the colorless sky and… Nothing. So I move on.

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Transplace

MAY 21, 2020

Phase 2: Companies that work for the new group of essential sectors will require to submit to authority’s health protocols. Majority of countries are re-opening gradually and cargo flows are re-emerging as shippers and manufacturers increase activities. Letter from the CEO: Market Update May 21, 2020. By: Frank McGuigan, CEO, Transplace.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2013

CBP may withhold the release or transfer of the cargo. Additionally, noncompliant cargo could be subject to further inspection on arrival. Last week on Talking Logistics , I interviewed Kevin Gavin, VP of Supply Chain Compliance at Descartes Systems Group (a Talking Logistics sponsor) about various cargo security and trade compliance programs, including ISF. Starting on July 9, 2013, U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

are set to launch on Friday [March 29, 2019], testing whether an old-school industry will embrace a new financial tool designed to protect cargo haulers and shippers against swings in freight rates.” The Volkswagen Industrial Cloud will bring together real-time data from all of the Volkswagen Group’s 122 manufacturing plants to manage the overall effectiveness of assembly equipment, as well as track parts and vehicles.

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Logistics Trends and Insights

JANUARY 26, 2020

In what was an overall dismal global air cargo market, I’m declaring 2019 the year of Amazon Air. What a year this group had. Amazon’s air cargo group literally took off as the overall company went from 2-day free delivery for Prime members to next-day free deliveries for its members. A few highlights from the year: In June Amazon Air announced it would lease an additional 15 Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft from partner GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Back in July 2017, I interviewed Bennett Adelson, the former CEO of MacroPoint (which was later acquired by Descartes Systems Group, a Talking Logistics sponsor) about OTIF and how it is driving demand for visibility solutions. This Week in News Descartes Systems Group enVista ocean visibility On-time In-full OTIF Procter & Gamble project44 Walmart Wayfair XPO Connect

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2013

Here is a quote from the press release: “The weak cargo increases expected over the next few months are consistent with other signs that the economy is slowly improving but show that retailers remain cautious, especially when it comes to stocking their inventories,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said. “We’re This Week in News Chainalytics cloud computing container shipping Descartes Systems Group HighJump Software Maersk NetSuite UPS

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Global Trade Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. 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. **. The head of Europes crime fighting agency has warned of the growing risk of organised crime groups using cyber-attacks to allow them to traffic drugs. The arviem services enable clients to monitoring the cargo and managing a trade from end to end real-time.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. The integration between MercuryGate’s TMS platform and Banyan’s live carrier connectivity leverages Banyan’s existing connections to a large and diverse group of carriers and 3PLs.”. My garage door is crumpled. How did it happen? Rapid temperature cycling due to crazy Boston weather. Mini-earthquake right underneath garage door.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. The project is part of a collaboration between UC Berkeley Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology and Volvo Group of North America, sponsored by Caltrans and the U.S. It’s snowing outside. My boys have their first baseball games in two weeks. What’s wrong with this picture?

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 8, 2019

You must first understand your cargo before you can package it properly. You will not ship bottled cargo, for example, the same way you would ship drummed cargo. Your cargo may be fragile, sensitive to temperature, sensitive to water, etc. Label Cargo Correctly. Cargo loaders may not know the proper way to handle freight without labels that give them instructions. The post How to Avoid Damage to Your Freight appeared first on GTG Technology Group.

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Logistics Trends and Insights

APRIL 27, 2020

(Originally published in Air Cargo World ). Cathy Roberson, Contributing Editor, Cargo Facts ConsultingApril 24, 2020 Airports, ExpressCathy Roberson, Cargo Facts Consulting senior consultant and Air Cargo World columnist. In terms of domestic total freight — parcel, cargo, and mail — FedEx domestic volumes in pounds have declined 7.6% Meanwhile, as of October 2019, Cargo Facts notes that UPS took delivery of 10 planes for the year. Air Cargo FedEx UPS

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Global Trade Management

MAY 16, 2014

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Technology exists that can review groups of orders and select the least cost route and rate to ship those orders by combining them into optimized loads. arviem, founded in 2008, has grown organically to become the leading service provider for real-time cargo monitoring. The arviem services enable clients to monitoring the cargo and managing a trade from end to end real-time. arviem real-time cargo monitoring.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Shippers should pay attention to this study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and C.H. And the canal was too small for the Post-Panamax vessels, which carry two to three times as much cargo as the ships that currently squeeze through the Panama Canal. football fields, make up about 16% of the global container fleet but carry 45% of the container cargo. What will happen when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2016?

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