Cathy Roberson

APRIL 29, 2025

year-over-year The decline in adjusted operating profit was attributed to “a mix shift to more economy services in Europe, lower demand-related surcharges, and investments we are making to expand weekend services in Europe,” CFO Brian Dykes told analysts. Freight forwarding was flat compared to Q1 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

The company has a global workforce with customers across North America , Europe , and Asia , along with a leadership team that is 57 percent female. Returns are in-turn routed through a reverse logistics facility for optimal recovery, helping retailers ensure the accuracy and speed of the return, as well as potentially reducing waste.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 20, 2020

Freight market article and permission to publish here provided by Kevin Jessop at cerasis.com. Meanwhile, the global air cargo volume has dropped significantly, explains Greg Knowler, JOC Senior Editor , “up to 5,000 tons of cargo in air freight from China to the U.S. The impacts are not just limited to air freight market changes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Europe Face Hurdles to Cut China Reliance for Rare Earths FedEx to Cut Management Jobs by More Than 10%, CEO Says Lawmakers Seek to Curb U.S. trade negotiations with China. “We We can see transparently it’s an issue and we can navigate it,” Keogh said. Reliance on China for Rare Earths Bloomberg U.S.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract logistics is a strategic partnership, where the 3PL provider handles the logistics operations while the company focuses on its core business. The Netherlands: The Logistics Hub of Northern Europe The Netherlands stands as a logistics hub for the whole of Europe due to several factors.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

Inventory management and replenishment as well as reverse logistics can now be managed by mobile as well as payments. yellowbox]Check out where the future of online sales for the freight industry is heading with this free white paper. This, in turn, could reduce shipping and air freight volumes. Why is this important?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

UPS Freight Adds LNG Tractors. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the 3PL industry remains hot, with another large deal announced this week: XPO Logistics is acquiring Norbert Dentressangle SA for €3.24 XPO intends to use the acquired operations as a platform to grow its business in Europe. Con-way Inc. billion ($3.53

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

The other call out, I would say, is that we are going through a DC transition in Europe. One is, how we're taking a look at tariffs and bringing inventory in a little bit earlier in the U.S. So we've brought more inventory in early to mitigate any potential issues with that warehouse transfer. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

and more than 2 billion in Europe.” Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. Catch me at the Reverse Logistics Association’s conference and the week after that at the Aircargo Conference. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

I’m also helping out the Reverse Logistics Association as a research manager, and at JOC, I help out as a research analyst and write a weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Freight Forward , summarizing JOC & other published articles and providing an outlook for the week ahead. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 20, 2023

Catch my twice-a-week column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo Next. We aim to achieve this through reductions in inventory receipts as well as through initiatives to improve our end-to-end supply chain operations.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

He was also part of the team behind Eastern Europe Law Week and served as the editor at the Journal of Defense and Diplomacy. His works remain expansive—from procurement through reverse logistics and even facilities management for the supply chain itself. . Russell Goodman is the Editor-in-Chief at SupplyChainBrain. and abroad.

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Cathy Roberson

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Photo courtesy of GLS UK-based postal operator, Royal Mail further expands its international operations through its subsidiary, General Logistics Systems (GLS) with the acquisition of Canadian freight operator, Rosenau Transport, announced on Oct 8. How does this all benefit postal operator Royal Mail? International cross-border.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Steel is at the beginning of the value chain, so you create a lot of instability for all these supply chains that get disrupted that now all of a sudden have to deal with much more expensive steel,” Henne told the Guardian : She said Europe must intervene to save the sector, because it is fundamental to military security and is a large employer.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

CEVA Logistics provides both freight management and contract logistics services for a range of customers across all sectors. The company provides comprehensive freight forwarding services across all modes, domestic and international, including customs house brokerage and door-to-door ground services. CEVA in the U.S.

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Proxima

JULY 16, 2020

At our recent webinar, held with Supply Chain and Logistics consultancy Hatmill, Proxima’s Simon Geale welcomed Joe Metcalf, Johnathan Foster, Neil Jordan, and Simon Dixon to discuss their advice on the tools needed now to achieve supply chain and logistics success across: warehousing, automation, freight, and reverse logistics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. Shortly thereafter the tsunami of infections overtook Europe. Don’t Overlook the Role of Reverse Logistics. And the U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 18, 2025

From a tariff perspective, our exposure to incremental costs is limited to approximately 20% of our cost of goods sold, including approximately 10% of cost of goods tied to China and the rest mainly coming from Western Europe. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

aluminum imports would increase from countries and regions that have a lower import duty level like the Middle East and India, while Canadian metal could reroute to Europe and other countries. In Alcoa's case, we could reroute supply from our Canadian smelters to Europe. Trade flows would likely be impacted such that U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The deal — which would fall short of a legally binding agreement — seeks to settle a dispute that started when President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on metals imports from Europe, citing risks to national security. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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