Logistics Technology News

COO and soon-to-be CEO Bob Biesterfeld tells JOC.com US truckload rates are likely to continue to rise in 2019 despite a rebalancing of capacity.

Consolidation in the GTM software space and Maersk's purchase of customs broker Vandergrift are signs shippers want to more closely link logistics and compliance activities.

CFO Michael Sirat tells JOC.com CEVA will compete for the container carrier’s business like any other forwarder.

Drayage operators surveyed by JOC.com say street turn opportunities are more plentiful than the industry may realize.

The promise of digitization and real-time pricing is forcing the air freight industry to rethink longstanding booking practices.

The head of the ILA head vows production improvements as part of a union-USMX master contract that prohibited automation in East and Gulf coast ports

Jens Bjørn Andersen told JOC.com the highly fragmented forwarding industry is in need of consolidation and the additional scale would benefit DSV customers and shareholders alike.

Logistics technology tends to catalyze around software-as-a-service models and brokerage/forwarding models, but shippers need help with advanced technology and traditional service roles, meaning the categories are meeting in the middle more often.

A new funding round for visibility software provider FourKites underscores continued venture capital interest in supply chain technology start-ups.

A brave new world of complex supply chains, consumer demands, and urbanization means problems rooted in truck capacity and driver availability are likely to get worse, regardless of the economic cycle.

Trucking operator Schneider National is evolving to meet increased shipper expectations by harnessing new technology, adapting to new customer requirements, and focusing on higher productivity.

In the trucking payment process, factoring might be particularly suited for blockchain.

Middle market software-as-a-service product is designed to democratize access to software tools that most small to midsize forwarders couldn’t afford to build themselves.

European forwarders are trying to blunt ocean carriers from encroaching on their business.

New research shows blockchain technology has a way to go before convincing the majority of enterprises of its near-term value.

Third-party logistics providers are investing more in management software that will improve relationships with customers.

CEVA Logistics wants shareholders to bear in mind the benefits of its strategic partnership with CMA CGM and turn down a bid by the carrier, highlighting the growth inherent in the company.

Capacity may ebb and flow, but e-commerce will keep pressure on shippers to adopt technology and review supply chain strategies, says DHL Supply Chain’s Jim Monkmeyer.

While blockchain has captured the imagination of the logistics world, it's important for most to focus on the application layer (actual solutions) and not so much on the underlying structure.

The hefty capital injection for NEXT, announced Wednesday, places it among the biggest individual raisers of capital in the most recent wave of logistics technology startups.

Shippers have largely struggled to understand the benefits blockchain technology brings to their supply chain and at what cost.

New software is emerging that can sift through multiple formats, offering an accelerant to adoption by shipper and forwarders.

The year 2018 was a volatile, challenging year for shippers, and 2019 is showing few signs that it will be any different.

At 2019’s outset, adequate global growth and demand bode well for project logistics, but potential pitfalls also exist.

The consolidation moves among large forwarders have drawn a mixed response.

Truckers and equipment providers in Mexico should find it easier to lease intermodal equipment if the country's first uniform interchange agreement goes ahead.

The business model goals of online marketplaces such as Amazon and Walmart involve more than showcasing retailers’ products online.

Shippers that export goods from Mexico may find the process faster and more reliable under a blockchain project in development at the port of Veracruz.

Shippers' conundrum: if carriers are poor at arriving on time, why do shippers believe those carriers will be better at providing data in a timely manner, much less a predictive one?

A host of technology providers in the North American surface transportation space have released tools to access previously hidden capacity.

If there was ever a year when the outlook for reliability in the system was more clouded, 2019 and into 2020 would take the prize.

Fissures have appeared, ranging from member frustration in standards-setting organizations to deeper concerns about the viability of the technology in the container shipping space.

Here are a few certainties shippers and their transportation providers can bank on for 2019.

New factors will increase pressure on the US wind power logistics market, which already experiences late-year bottlenecks.

Global 3PLs these days might feel like they’re in a vise grip.

“There are all these wonderful use cases for sensors — container security, optimization, insurance."

The sector was hit by retaliatory tariffs of $10.8 billion.

The port community system, PCS 1x, has had a shaky nationwide start.

The Phoenix-based company broke into the top 10 of North American brokers in 2018.

One shipping-trade group representing foreign carriers in trade to/from India, questioned why authorities went live with the revamped, single window system without an adequate trial-run process.