Supply chain

Geodis, the 10th largest global third-party logistics provider, has appointed a new head for its industrial project operations in Southeast Asia and created a similar position in Europe.

Controversial provisions of truck driver hours-of-service rules suspended by Congress last year are likely to stay suspended until Congress acts, a representative from the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says.

A coalition of truckers, cargo interests and trade organizations is preparing to ask the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to restrict charges for late pickup or delivery of containers

A 1.6-million-square-foot direct fulfillment center in Troy Township, northwestern Ohio plays a key part in Home Depot's interconnected retail strategy blending online and in-store sales.

When it comes to the business of moving goods from one point to another, there’s one firm that insiders say is shaking up the logistics industry — and it’s not even in logistics.

The express parcels industry is coming under pressure “as never before” as e-retailing, technological disruption and macro-economic upheaval drive fundamental changes in the market, according to a leading logistics consultancy.

Procrastinating importers and exporters who cheered the latest delay in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s mandatory use of the Automated Commercial Environment for filing documentation are only hurting themselves if they don’t start using ACE when it becomes voluntary on Nov. 1, Customs specialists say.

U.S. developers of warehouses and distribution centers facing community opposition to permits should emphasize socioeconomic benefits and debunk outdated assumptions about health risks, says a veteran economist in California’s Inland Empire.

Australia is trying to boost its containerized food exports after a world commodity glut halted a boom in shipments of the nation’s top three export commodities, iron ore, coal, and liquefied natural gas.

Proposed shipping legislation moving through Australia’s Parliament would upend the nation’s cabotage law and clear the way for non-Australian carriers to enter the nation’s coastal trade.

As retailers gear up for this year’s peak holiday shipping season, consumers are looking to them for one thing: more options, according to a new Pitney Bowes survey.

The third-party logistics provider Transplace has acquired M33 Integrated for an undisclosed sum, the latest acquisition taking the industry by storm and one that will beef up the Texas-based company’s chemical handling capabilities.

Household spending in the U.S. and European Union will revive flagging container shipping demand in the second half, a chief shipping analyst at BIMCO said.

The deadlines for federal rules requiring U.S. truck drivers to use electronic logging devices and prohibiting shippers, brokers and motor carriers to break safety rules have been pushed back a month until Oct. 30.

Low U.S. fuel prices give the trucking industry a window of opportunity to convince elected officials to increase the gasoline tax and dedicate the revenue to rebuilding the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, trucking executives said this week.

The seven-year U.S. economic recovery is getting "long in the tooth," Chicago Federal Reserve Bank economist William Strauss said, but there's life in the "tortoise" yet.

U.S. Northeast consumers’ growing appetite for e-commerce is cooking up a “red hot” industrial real estate market around the Port of New York and New Jersey — a trend great for developers and pricey for shippers, the head of an industrial real estate trade association said Wednesday.

Weak demand in the less-than-truckload market and higher-than-expected operating costs in its ground segment spurred FedEx to trim down its earnings outlook for 2016.

The U.S. Postal Service has become the latest national postal organization to partner with Alibaba as the Chinese e-commerce giant aggressively expands its global cross-border delivery network.

The U.S. Congress would no longer require U.S.-flag vessels to move goods between the mainland and Puerto Rico under a five-year debt restructuring plan proposed Wednesday by Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla.

Shippers moving good through the rapidly-growing port of Mombasa may soon have to pay steep new fees if the governor of the port’s county has his way, a move that could shift cargo to rival Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

New Delhi on Monday approved relaxing its cabotage law to allow foreign roll-on, roll-off ship operators to offer coastal services, another big step by the Narendra Modi-led government to reduce supply chain bottlenecks.

In a landmark pilot project that began in 2013, Interstate Batteries demonstrates how the installation of passive RFID systems can help manage consignment or vendor-managed inventories in remote locations.

The “hype cycle” about radio-frequency identification technology climaxed after it became clear the technology was too costly and difficult to implement. But item-level RFID technology is playing a much more important role for many retailers, especially in apparel and footwear, according to RFID innovator Dean Frew, who founded software maker Xterprise in 2002, and is now president of SML Intelligent Inventory Systems.

The likelihood of UPS pilots striking is low, but while shippers will likely dodge service disruptions, they could be hit by higher costs if the parcel giant gives into union demands, analysts told JOC.com.

With both sides of the debate over heavier trucks readying for battle via the markup of the next federal highway bill, a U.S. House representative is proposing a middle road.

Stakeholders striving to keep Brazil’s government from integrating the Special Ports Ministry, or SEP, with the Ministry of Transport have gained a powerful ally in Murillo Barbosa, head of the Association of Private Terminals.

Freight forwarders from Pakistan and India are pushing for the expansion of trade corridors through Iran and Afghanistan as the South Asia regional powers capitalise on the momentum generated by China’s One Belt, One Road strategy.

Food retailers in some of Asia’s fastest-growing economies are expecting solid growth this year as expanding populations and rising income levels drive up demand, according to research commissioned by DHL Supply Chain.

A Hong Kong startup has launched a private beta version of a new online platform that is being billed as the “Expedia for freight shipping.”

The prospect of a major disruption to UPS domestic and international air cargo services came closer after the union representing pilots at the parcel giant asked its members to authorize a strike.

While opponents of U.S. legislation that would track port performance at the nation’s 25 busiest container ports argue about the feasibility, they’ll have hard time arguing it would be too costly for the ports and the federal government.

India’s fragmented distribution system and lack of packaging standards are contributing to an estimated $2.2 billion in wasted fruit and vegetables every year, according to one of the largest cold chain shippers in the country.

Finnish postal operator Posti is in the middle of a four-day trial for parcel deliveries using a robotic drone helicopter to ferry packages between Helsinki and the island of Suomenlinna 2.5 miles offshore.

Hervé Montjotin, who led Norbert Dentressangle before its acquisition by XPO Logistics earlier this year, has abruptly resigned from the position of CEO of XPO Logistics Europe.

The world’s chemical industry could significantly increase its competitive advantage by treating logistics as a key differentiator as other global industries do, according to research commissioned by DHL.

While economists debate the growth and prospects of the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, their global container trade volumes reflect many of the difficulties that have been the focus of headlines around the world.

By snapping up the remaining shares of Van Dieren Sweden, multimodal logistics operator Samskip aims to strengthen its European intermodal rail links and gain business from shippers.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has appointed Jeroen Eljsink, an executive with extensive experience in European logistics, as the head of its European operations.

$10 billion industrial supplies distributor W.W. Grainger acquired a British company, Cromwell, that will help scale its online offerings in Europe,