Wear and Tear, a four-part series of reports from digital publication Undark, documents the impacts of tanneries and textile mills that take advantage of weak environmental regulation in developing economies. Produced by the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship...
Miami Herald Analyzes Datamyne Data on Florida-Cuba Trade Traffic
The US embargo against Cuba still limits trade between the two countries, but an analysis for the Miami Herald by Datamyne shows steady traffic between several Florida air- and seaports and the island. Trade reached almost $65 million last year. In 2015, the Port...
It’s Official: Hanjin Shipping Sinks – US News & World Report
A South Korean court officially declared Hanjin Shipping bankrupt February 17, clearing the way for the carrier’s liquidation – as reported by US News & World Report. Once one of South Korea’s industrial titans, the 40-year-old Hanjin accounted for 12% of all inbound...
ChemicalInfo Offers Datamyne Trade Information Provided by Descartes
Agreement enhances the import and export data available to ChemicalInfo subscribers Click here to download the press release
Fulfillment by Amazon: LogisticsTI on What Drives Amazon Logistics
Will Amazon compete against the likes of DHL, FedEx and UPS? LogisticsTI poses the question and concludes: Maybe ... but that’s not the point of Amazon’s logistics network. Amazon just wants to make sure its customers and its sellers are taken care of first. So it is...
East, West Coast Ports Hit Records in 2016: Transport Topics
2016 was a record-setting year for several top North American container ports, although Hanjin Shipping’s bankruptcy dashed hopes for a strong showing in Long Beach, reports Transport Topics, citing data from several sources, including the ports, trade associations...
Daily Coffee News Includes Datamyne in 2016 Coffee Trade Highlights
The year-in-review story from Daily Coffee News summarizes 2016 as “A Year of Information-Sharing and Buyer Segmentation in Specialty Green Trading.” Datamyne’s launch of its Coffee Import Weekly at NCA is on the list of the Daily’s top 15 importer/trading-focused...
American Shipper Looks at Maersk’s South Korean Strategy
Why did Korea Line close a deal to buy Hanjin Shipping’s business networks and client information, but leave the bankrupt carrier’s ships on the table? Hayes Howard, CEO BlueWater Reporting, raises this and other questions in an analysis of how Asia-North America...
LATimes Uses Datamyne to Track Hanjin Impact on US Retail
The last Hanjin Shipping vessel dropping off goods in California has set sail from the Port of Long Beach, finally clearing the many ships left stranded by the South Korean carrier’s collapse two months ago, the Los Angeles Times reports. But Hanjin’s bankruptcy...
The Packer Cites Datamyne Stats on Long Beach Export Surge
Export volume at Port of Oakland, Calif., hit a three-year high in October, with year-to-date shipments up 10% over 2015, The Packer reports. Agricultural commodities accounted for 40% of the outbound volume through the port, which handles exports from California’s...