Supply chain

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout in July dampened growth in the first half.

Hearing rebuts attacks on law after Puerto Rico hurricane.

A host of issues critical to shippers, brokers and truckers await Robert P. Martinez, President Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

China’s trade balance with the rest of the world has deteriorated this decade.

Auto parts, garments, and appliance makers are feeling the heat in Beijing’s factory pollution clampdown.

Since mid-2016, when PortFresh Logistics opened a 100,000-square-foot cold-treatment facility, chilled imports through the port have surged nearly 300 percent.

GLP will acquire a logistics property developer in Europe that will hugely expand its presence in the region.

Shippers are searching for greater visibility of their cargo, and solutions providers have devised new tracking products for intercontinental supply chains.

Wine shipping and proper handling with regard to cold chain integrity remains fragmented, presenting challenges and opportunities for the wine industry and consumers alike.

The government’s multifaceted initiative envisions higher-value manufactured goods, and an advanced transportation and logistics infrastructure to process such goods effectively for exports.

Rapid fulfillment and replenishment cycles are driving visibility, but shippers need to extend visibility even further.

The package delivery joint venture between SF Express and UPS will initially focus on trans-Pacific services.

A scarcity of refrigerated containers has helped push up average temperature-controlled freight rates, which are set to rise further once peak season begins in the final quarter of the year.

China's factories will soon close for Golden Week, but for thousands of polluting manufacturers that have felt the firm hand of Beijing's environment regulator, the end of the holidays may not herald a return to business.

New cold storage facilities and multimodal transportation options offer BCOs flexibility for efficient handling of perishable goods.

India's customs agency agreed to postpone by a month the enforcement of the use of radio-frequency identification sealing tags for factory-stuffed export shipments.

US Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., suggests a tax on surface freight transportation to meet the nation's huge infrastructure development needs.

The Chinese government has been cracking down on factories with low environmental standards and safeguards since the early 2000s.

It has been nine months since a shipper coalition submitted a petition seeking guidance on the matter.

Transporters of outsized cargoes now must obtain permits to cross borders and even to move from region to region within countries.

ClearMetal is one of a passel of newcomers armed with venture capital funding that are seeking to radically rearrange the cargo movement industry.

Higher base rates boosted revenue, but a cyber attack and hurricane helped depress profit at FedEx this summer. The transport operator plans across-the-board rate hikes.

“What we have seen this first half of this year is a massive reefer container shortage.”

The persistent rumors of takeover and mergers among leading logistics firms in recent months could be about to translate into reality.

“Today the challenge is not the technology.”

The reduction slightly jars the confidence of the container shipping industry.

"You just find an export credit agency in another country. When that happens, the supply chain leaves the United States and goes to that other country.”

The RFID program has significantly improved container dwell times throughout the supply chain at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

Codesa runs the ports of Praia Mole and Vitoria.

Global marine terminal operators that have led port privatization in India could unshackle themselves from a long-running and complicated pricing regime.

Addition of 10-4 Systems to division offering carrier technologies promises greater blending of services across supply chains.

Inland warehouses and trucking loom as a potential weak link in the supply chain of US cotton exporters preparing for their biggest harvest in years.

The European Union is the United Kingdom’s largest trading partner, accounting for almost half of its exports.

XPO Logistics is putting the last mile first.

IHS Markit estimates about half of Florida’s filling stations have fuel now, though widespread shortages were still being reported Tuesday.

The pricing discipline that has worked so effectively in pushing up carrier profits this year is being threatened by a looming rate war.

An Australian logistics software company has acquired CargoSphere, the container rate management provider.

Many consumer goods importers are finding it nearly impossible to meet logistics demands without a heavy dose of technology.

Armed with millions of dollars of venture capital, a wave of startups has emerged, offering products that variously promise to remove the kinks in the supply chain, improve efficiency, enable shippers to more easily track their cargo, and, ultimately, reduce cost.

As the container shipping industry appears to be embracing technology to improve productivity and cut costs, venture capital has taken notice, funding a large array of startups across the various focuses of logistics and shipping technology.