Supply chain

William Doyle to resign from Federal Maritime Commission effective Jan. 3.

Software tools enable shippers to use dashboards and graphical analysis to achieve least-cost freight routing and rating, tendering, and tracking.

Supply chain reliability is something that regularly features as a pain point in shipper discussions, and technology providers are developing visibility tools to tackle the problem.

The benefits of linking its China distribution to the network of the country’s largest retailer will enable French manufacturer Danone to expand its last-mile business.

Bangladesh has revised it plans for the Payra port.

Authorities are working toward a “hub-and-spoke system” for domestic cargo distribution through private participation.

A partnership announced Tuesday giving Bolloré Logistics’ customers access to a business-to-business e-commerce website reflects the interest of logistics providers in the sector.

Exports to the largest global consumer of wastepaper are in serious trouble.

The violations were centered on the ports of Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, and Ningbo-Zhoushan.

Many of the logistics providers the JOC surveyed believe their shipper customers are woefully unprepared.

Indian authorities handling the upgrade of the Chabahar port in Iran plan to team up with a local company.

“We have seen freight rates remain fairly steady over the past year.”

Maersk Line has appointed the president of its Latin American and Caribbean operations to head its North American division.

Maersk says it can provide trade finance faster and easier than banks.

Shippers have an opportunity to argue their case against detention and demurrage.

“Even without the hurricane it still would have been difficult to get these loads moved.”

Securing air cargo space for customers in a tightening market has led to Flexport chartering freighters during the peak season with plans to set up a weekly freighter schedule in 2018.

There is a rocky road ahead.

Allcargo Logistics Ltd. seems to be another victim of an Indian government trade reform.

Choosing the right startup has more chance of providing a rapid return on investment compared with a long-term commitment to a costly digital solution that may or may not work.

What does Brexit mean in practical terms for supply chains?

The sales figures surrounding China's Single's Day are predictably large, but the online shopping promotion continues robust 2017 e-commerce demand that is driving up air cargo volume.

False logs are an "epidemic," and shippers are vulnerable, speakers tell the JOC Inland Distribution Conference. The latest federal data back them up.

Netherlands airport hub Schiphol is considering a government proposal aimed at solving its landing rights crisis impacting all-cargo flights.

DHL has reported its eighth consecutive quarter of growth as time-definite shipments drive up revenue and volume.

As non-vessel operating common carriers have expanded their market share, so has pressure to ease restrictions on their ability to offer customized rate and service packages.

Consumers’ embrace of e-commerce appears to be permanent.

US meat exports to China are set to be boosted sharply following the signing of a three-year volume commitment by online retailer JD.com.

Anheuser-Busch InBev seeks a special ingredient that would make its supply chain flow as smoothly and freely as lager from a tap: dynamic, real-time shipment data.

Maersk is preparing to release its third quarter results that will reflect the heavy impact of a cyber attack that brought the carrier's container handling divisions to a standstill.

The willingness of container carriers to sell capacity to resellers who openly distribute rates to the market is fueling rate volatility.

The primary issue is with “field formations” that must still set up systems and procedures for handling RFID e-sealed containers.

That state aid scheme underscores the importance the Narendra Modi government places on coastal and short-sea shipping.

The 2017 Clean Air Action Plan that the ports adopted this week is an environmental document that will guide investment decisions by terminal operators and motor carriers in Southern California for the next 20 years.

As the Dec. 18 ELD mandate draws closer, Ryder System said it will equip all of its rental trucks with portable ELDs, helping short-term truck renters comply with the law.

E-commerce is accelerating, underpinning an uptick in global trade and US economic growth, XPO's Jacobs said.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Export-Import Bank has described the bank as “corporate welfare” that should be abolished.

The World Bank will provide 5.3 billion taka of the funding.

Indian efforts to make it easier to do business in the country paid off Tuesday.