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The Journal of Commerce’s supply chain news and analysis impacting the management of end-to-end supply chains reports on supply chain strategies, cargo visibility, inventory trends, sourcing, customs certification and contract logistics. Supply chain news coverage also delves into refrigerated shipping advancements and management of inventory status, regulatory updates and government funding projects. 

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The latest Supply chain News & Analysis

Slideshow: Top 5 US importers and exporters

Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
The Top 5 Importers in 2016 combined to handled 2.2 million TEU while the Top 5 Exporters shipped 921,600 TEU.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Last-mile business explodes on e-commerce demand

William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The last mile on the route to e-commerce fulfillment is getting crowded.
Logistics Technology NewsTrucking NewsLTL

Faster US-Southeast Asia transits poised to fuel further growth

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Nine port pairs on services between Southeast Asia and the West Coast are experiencing faster transit times than before the new and enhanced alliances launched April 1.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsMaritimeContainer lines

New service promises faster transits from Myanmar to Japan and China

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
The “Smart My Road” service makes it easier to ship raw materials from China to Myanmar for processing, Hitachi said.
Logistics Technology News

US bill would make carriers choose: alliances or discussion groups

JOC Staff |
Legislators’ recent interest in rewriting the Shipping Act of 1984 has been sparked by third-party suppliers’ fears of alliances having too much power.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsMaritimeContainer lines

Hapag-Lloyd ends free gensets for US reefer shippers

Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Hapag-Lloyd joins group of carriers that charge for refrigerated container gensets.
Marine terminalsContainer linesCool Cargo News

FMC looks to increase limited industry input on regulation

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Commissioners at a regular FMC meeting on Wednesday called into question their capacity to fulfill the agency’s role as a voice for its stakeholder community, scrutinizing the so-called “notices of inquiry”, which allow the public to weigh in on pertinent issues.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Brazilian exports power through tainted meat scandal

Rob Ward, Brazil Special Correspondent |
<p>Julian Thomas, CEO of Hamburg Sud in the East Coast of South America, said the first-quarter figures are “impressive indeed.”</p>
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Higher port truck weight law boon to Texas exporters

Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The legislation was sought by resin exporters.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsBreakbulk NewsTrucking News

Container shipping marketplaces spark debate on BCO value

Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The debate shows the growing maturity of the industry’s embrace of a slew of startups using digital and other technology.
Logistics Technology News

Trade impact of US-Mexico wall uncertain

Alan M. Field, Special Correspondent |
The existence of a border wall wouldn’t impede trade facilitation, except that it would cost a great deal of money that might not be available for hiring new Customs officers.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Allcargo Logistics earnings slump on restructuring

India Special Correspondent |
Allcargo said despite stagnant demand, its core “multimodal transport operations” arm increased volumes.
Logistics Technology News

FMC’s Doyle backs safeguards for domestic alliance suppliers

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Such a move already has support on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have been weighing options to strengthen Federal Maritime Commission safeguards against collusion among carriers in the world’s three major VSAs.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsContainer linesTrucking NewsDrayage

US-Mexico shippers face delays after Laredo crossing closed

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
US and Mexican authorities have closed down the largest US-Mexico truck crossing point.
Supply chainTrucking News

US-Mexico cross-border gains outpace Customs staffing

Alan M. Field, Special Correspondent |
The US agency charged with clearing goods at the border lacks sufficient staff to handle the growing flow, and the price of related delays are costing the United States as much as $5.8 billion a year, according to a report by the US Congress Joint Economic Committee.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Ukraine port dredging latest notch in Belt and Road

Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
The deal follows the official adoption earlier this year of an ambitious development plan for the port.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsBreakbulk NewsPort infrastructure

JD.com creates Shaanxi province drone network

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
JD.com drones operating in China's Shaanxi Province will be able to transport shipments of up to one ton across the retailer's inter-provincial network.
Supply chain

JNPT speedy import program weighs on Gateway Distriparks

India Special Correspondent |
Gateway Distriparks Ltd. has the largest CFS in the port complex.
Logistics Technology News

Largest ship to US East Coast highlights port needs

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Roughly $4.6 billion is needed at East and Gulf coast ports to remedy pinch points in harbor infrastructure.
North American portsTransport, Trade, and Regulation News

Damco shifts to river route for Bangladesh cargo

India Special Correspondent |
Damco is using river transport to move freight to and from the port of Chittagong.
Logistics Technology News

EU relaxes state port aid rules

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The decision will facilitate infrastructure investment.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsAir Cargo

Radical shift in Asia sourcing pressures factories

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
Set up to serve foreign companies, Asian factories are trying to re-engineer themselves to cope with shrinking orders and increasing regional demand.
Supply chain

LA, GE launch ‘smart’ terminal to better handle surges

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The pilot project includes some of the biggest stakeholders at the largest US port.
Logistics Technology NewsNorth American ports

Spanish dockworkers to strike again over labor reforms

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Spanish dockers have threatened a fresh wave of strikes.
Longshore laborTransport, Trade, and Regulation News

US shipping unit weighs on Sumitomo Warehouse earnings

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Revenue and profit both sank at Japan’s Sumitomo Warehouse Co.
Logistics Technology NewsContainer lines

Mexican Pacific coast competition intensifies

Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The expansion will enable the terminal to add a fourth berth and boost the total terminal area by nearly 30 percent.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Toll Logistics pushes Japan Post Holdings into the red

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Weakness in global commodity markets continue to weigh on Toll Logistics.
Logistics Technology News

With next-day delivery, Flexe thinks outside the big box

William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Flexe's virtual next-day delivery network helps the "Airbnb of warehousing" deliver e-commerce fulfillment for shippers.
Logistics Technology NewsTrucking News

Economist skeptical new Chinese FTZs will spur intended growth

Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
The seven zones have a total combined size double that of China’s four existing FTZs.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Oil industry wins first Jones Act showdown under Trump

Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
US Customs and Border Protection sided with the oil and gas industry over Jones Act supporters in the first major test of how the act’s US-flag shipping requirements will be interpreted under the Trump administration.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsBreakbulk News

APL Logistics rides US-Mexico growth to operating profit

Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
A favorable exchange rate for US importers is driving more cross-border business between Mexico and the United States.
Logistics Technology News

Deutsche Post DHL profit edges higher

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
German mail and logistics giant reports strongest opening three months in its history.
Logistics Technology News

Damco reports loss for Q1 despite revenue growth

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Damco slid back into the red in the first quarter, positng a net operating loss of $8 million.
Logistics Technology News

Duty-free truck fuel at UK ports pitched to offset Brexit customs costs

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
A UK forwarder has come up with a plan to offset the added customs clearance costs expected after Brexit — duty-free fuel zones for trucks.
Supply chain

FMC’s not seeing alliance collusion doesn't sate US suppliers

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
If there was any sign of foul play, “we’d investigate,” the Federal Maritime Commission acting chairman Michael Khouri said at a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsContainer lines

Nippon Express reports record full-year profit

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Japan’s biggest international freight forwarder posted a record fiscal year net profit despite a slight revenue decline largely blamed on the higher value of the yen.
Logistics Technology News

China steps up Belt and Road investment oversight

Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
The move will impact port and supply chain investments under the Belt and Road program.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsBreakbulk News

Amazon, CVS, Dollar Tree fuel Kansas City distribution boom

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
The move to Kansas City is part of a national migration to the American heartland as retailers, wholesalers, and third-party logistics providers consolidate warehouses into larger, centralized, state-of-the-art facilities.
Industrial Real Estate News

Japanese container trade shows signs of improvement

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Indices measuring the health of Japan’s import and export container trade improved in the first quarter.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News

Shippers partly to blame for port congestion, report argues

Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports |
A new paper says beneficial cargo owners are largely to blame for the poor service levels of today’s liner shipping industry.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation NewsContainer lines