Supply chain

With meat shipments to the Middle East poised to decline, exporters are hoping the lifting of a previous ban in Russia and an outbreak of African Swine Flu in China will offset those losses.

All is not well among Panalpina's shareholders, and the DSV takeover bid has brought the disenchantment with the company management to a head.

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

Maersk and others are cracking down on dangerous goods misdeclarations, but more awareness is needed to address the underlying issues behind improper cargo classification.

Space taken by shippers and transportation providers accounts for an increasingly large share of the tightening Mexican industrial real estate market, which offered low vacancy rates and high rental costs in 2018.

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.

The Georgia Ports Authority will be playing a critical role in production of a new sports-utility vehicle by Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia.

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.

The biggest stakeholder of Panalpina says no deal to DSV takeover offer.

The bankruptcy filing of a freight payment provider last week brings a reminder to shippers to be diligent in monitoring payment vendors.

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

The US-China trade war may be a one-off event, but it highlighted the tenuous balance of warehouse supply and demand in Southern California and New York-New Jersey, where future trade or weather events could result in meltdowns.

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.

UK forwarders, shippers, and ferry operators fear that any delay caused by customs checks will quickly lead to extensive bottlenecks and disruption.

Among shipowners’ concerns: will there be enough low-sulfur fuel on Jan. 1, 2020? And will the low-sulfur quality be consistent?

The injection of vessels comes as demand growth of Asia-Europe westbound volume slows.

Several US ports, many in the Gulf, are expecting a surge in wind cargo during the next 24 months.

Security and service problems face Mexico's intermodal sector as it seeks to expand its share of the reefer market.

Container and chassis dwell times in Los Angeles-Long Beach edged lower in December.

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.

Truck shortages, warehouse closures, and too many empty containers have exacerbated terminal and landside congestion.

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.

This lack of clarity on future high- and low-sulfur fuel costs worries BCOs and NVOs as they enter the more critical second phase of negotiations in March.

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.

The new rule is similar to 24-hour advanced manifest rule for US cargo and recent regulatory changes in China.

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.