After falling to historic lows in 2016, ocean freight rates began to recover towards the end of last year, writes Cathy Roberson in Pharma Logistics IQ. Meanwhile, air freight rates remain high and capacity is tightening. More pharmaceutical shippers are looking to...
Effective supply chain design requires taking an end-to-end view ... and that means looking beyond the four walls of the enterprise to what is happening (or could happen) in the world at large. Recognizing this, providers of Global Trade Management (GTM) solutions are...
What is the #1 technology topic Descartes CEO Ed Ryan is asked about? Drones. Which is why a drone took flight above the audience at his keynoter at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Global User & Partner Conference in March. Coolness factor aside, as Ryan pointed out,...
LogisticsTI takes a look at Alibaba’s OneTouch online import-export services (including loans) aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ... although, take note, Maersk, CMA CGM and a host of other undeniably big transportation providers and forwarders recently...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
