EFT

MAY 12, 2025

As trade talks begin, Chinese exporters prepare to get goods moving to US again China-based shipping agents have resumed buying container space for goods headed for the United States after a series of U.S. economy, bring home manufacturing jobs, raise tax revenues and provide America leverage to renegotiate security deals with its allies.

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EFT

JUNE 16, 2025

Similarly, Drewry’s World Container Index for June 5 noted spot prices on the Shanghai-to-Los Angeles route had increased 117% month-on-month per FEU and 96% to New York. and is therefore one of the most exposed to the kind of changes now rippling their way through trade and shipping.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

That vote, which occurred in 2022 at an FC in Staten Island, New York, has to date not led to a contract between Amazon and the workers there, as Amazon continues to fight the outcome. May Large supply chain software vendor E2Open announces that it is being acquired by Australian shipping software firm WiseTech.

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

Container ship owners swamped as US-China trade detente revives demand Container ship bookings for China-to-U.S. port fees on Chinese vessels French shipping group CMA CGM will reorganise its global fleet to avoid U.S. US tariff pause on Beijing puts pressure on 'China-plus-one' countries A new U.S.-China

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

And he raised the specter of more industry-specific tariffs, floating a 50% rate on copper products that sent that metal climbing as high as 17% in New York on July 8, a record one-day spike. Shipping Costs Threaten to Deliver a New Price Shock More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! in the next year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots. These sixteen states were joined by the District of Columbia, the City of New York, and a Bay Area organization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York. Walmart SWW currently offers FedEx and USPS shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart in the news: Walmart dangles deeper gas discounts for Walmart+ members. Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo ships lost 661 containers at sea in 2022, down from the 15-year average of 1,566 lost per year, according to the latest figures from the World Shipping Council (WSC). This resulted in meaningful cost savings for our last mile delivery program overall,” he added.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Staten Island facility, known as JFK8, is Amazon’s largest in New York and now has the distinction of being the first in the US to unionize by voting in the Amazon Labor Union. Amazon workers in Staten Island vote to unionize.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The point is to stop shipping small online orders in boxes that are ridiculously oversized. has been shipping orders in made-to-fit packaging for roughly a decade, and the automation has cut the average box size in half and reduced shipping and packaging material expenses.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 8, 2023

Sean is a bilingual start-up veteran who’s worked in China with the Beijing Silicon Valley Group, leading the logistical planning of multiple joint ventures. After gaining vital international experience in manufacturing and transpacific shipping, he took on a variety of roles back in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote that Little Brown Bakers, the manufacturer behind Girl Scout Cookies , is warning of unforeseen supply issues that will be impacting both manufacturing and distribution of its treats. And now on to this week’s logistics news. million square feet throughout the state.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It will get worse – the invasion will create major new constraints on Asian ocean and air exports with spot container pricing. Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found. In terms of trade, these are not critical, single-sourced Tier 1 inputs needed in manufacturing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

About Mike Newman Mike Newman , the CEO of Returnity Innovations, is a recognized authority in the field of transformational logistics platforms, specializing in shifting from single-use to circularity through reusable packaging solutions for companies and organizations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

Well, I could turn to an AI-powered robot to my write my post for me (see Wired article, “ What News-Writing Bots Mean for the Future of Journalism ”). Or I can just wing it and go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week. a Nafta Tale of Two Truckers (New York Times).

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2014

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics to Acquire New Breed Logistics. Amazon to open five new warehouses in India (Reuters). XPO Logistics continues its roll-up strategy with its announced acquisition of New Breed Logistics this week for $615 million. E-Commerce Drives UPS 2Q Shipments Up 7.2

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Lowenthal calls for innovative approach for freight infrastructure funding (Logistics Management). If it is successful, however, the New York location could presage a rollout to other U.S. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 6-10, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). JDA Unleashes New Levels of Supply Chain Visibility Across its Portfolio with TransVoyant. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market.

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. But we got it down to ten logistics and supply chain books you’ll actually want to read. Empire State Buildings.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2019

I am VP of Sales at Tactical Logistic Solutions. Tactical has locations in New Jersey and California, and I’m based in New Jersey. Tactical is an end-to-end provider of supply chain logistics. I grew up in a Monsey, New York, a small town in Rockland County. Tactical Logistic Solutions website: [link].

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. Even items that were traditionally reserved for air – like cellphones and other high-value items – are now occasionally shipped by ocean. The highest price for shipping any one unit (on a 50″ TV manufactured in Taiwan) was estimated at $20.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. Over a year into the pandemic, supply chain professionals continue to perform heroics as the challenges continue to mount – both from new disruptions, and from knock-on effects from those that have come before. Subscribe Here!

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

A global study conducted by Gartner, the global research and advisory firm—surveying over 1,300 supply chain professionals—found that 56% of the respondents think that automation enables them to make onshore manufacturing economically viable. The supply chain and logistics ecosystem is reliant on the contribution of many autonomous actors.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 5, 2009

How would you ship 500 trees to Iraq? Basically, her organization worked with a nursery and collected 400 trees from Long Island, New York and 100 from California and had them shipped via DHL to the US troops in Iraq. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. Here are just a few pain points that are increasing transportation costs: Container shipping headaches. This leads to rate fluctuations.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Pitney Bowes Expands Cross-Border Ecommerce Capabilities with the Acquisition of Borderfree. XPO Logistics Announces First Quarter 2015 Results. Growing Shipping Alliances Are Straining Major U.S. LeanLogistics Introduces LeanTMS Mobile for Network Carriers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. This week, many of my friends will gather in New York for NRF. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Disintermediation.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Logistics providers probably look longingly on the days when the last mile of the supply chain primarily meant delivering goods to the store in which they were sold. ” During the glory days of the mail order catalog business, the United States Postal Service (USPS) was the primary last mile logistics provider. . ”[1].

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2021

If you’ve been following the news, you know the world has had a bit of constipation problem in the Suez Canal. Nearly a week ago, a cargo ship — which if it stood on its end would be taller than either the Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower — ran aground in the canal completely blocking the waterway. Journalists Peter S.

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Supply Chains Rock

MARCH 16, 2010

Last week I was in my home town of New York to surprise my mom for her birthday. After going downtown I found a shop that produced t-shirts right in New York City. Living in Switzerland and before now in Austria it is much, much easier to find locally manufactured products from pens and pencils to clothes.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

.”[1] Such areas sound idyllic; but, pedestrian only, limited traffic areas could create logistics challenges. A topic seldom raised in smart cities discussions is last-mile logistics (i.e., Cities failing to master the last-mile logistics challenge will never earn the “smart cities” label.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Shippers Rush to Find Alternatives as US East Coast Port Strike Looms LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) – U.S. The possibility of disruptions at major ports like New York/New Jersey, Savannah, and Baltimore has businesses facing the real danger of shipment delays, inventory shortages, and cost increases.

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