Supply chain

Unlike many UK firms, heavy-lift and installation contractor ALE said it isn’t losing any sleep over the potential negative fallout from Brexit. Here's why.

There is hope for the steel sector in the form of a macroeconomic tailwind: beneath the fog of politics, steel trade volume depends on underlying demand, which analysts predict will rise modestly in 2018.

From air freight to ocean to trucking, e-commerce is exerting palpable influence on the various transport markets.

Maersk initially set up the program for its own needs and used it to, for example, monitor the temperature of each box and change it if it was too low or high, and also to track the maintenance needs.

In particular, the FMCSA will focus on accelerating tests of autonomous vehicle technologies, believing they have the potential to significantly reduce crashes.

The need for better visibility to make smarter decisions, along with better coordinating of train switching and traffic flows on local roads, comes as North American port volume rises.

Ocean carriers eventually will have an alternative to the Bosphorus Strait — if Turkish President Recep Erdogan sticks to his plan to start work this year on a new 32-mile canal. It is top among Turkey's new transport projects.

From its roots in the chaotic trucking world of the 1970s, Johnston built the OOIDA into an organization of about 160,000 members operating more than 300,000 trucks.

It is crucial that intermodal continues to explore non-traditional ways to knit together an ever-growing network of dispersed terminals in order to meet the challenge of this new, more demanding supply chain era.

The acquisition was the latest in a series of mergers and acquisitions among customs brokers and forwarders.

Thousands of Canadian truckers who cross the US border daily are required to use ELDs, but there are some differences between the US rule and the Canadian proposal.

Under the expanded VAT system, all services at the Port of Chittagong will be subject to the VAT.

The arrival of the SSL Kochi comes almost seven months after Indian Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari officially inaugurated the Adani Ennore Container Terminal.

New York is mulling a plan to move the smallest terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey away from a heavily populated area near downtown Brooklyn.

In the "forwarder battle" between carriers and NVOs, performance in one area may be critical to winning shippers as clients.

The intermodal sector has the feel of a certain US film, which is fine, if a disrupter follows a longtime tactic that led to sector innovation.

The company, which recently passed the 50 million TEU mark, said it is steadily increasing its direct port delivery business.

When it comes to predictive analytics, there are literally countless ways to arrive at predictions, but not all predictions are the same.

The revised rules are broadly modeled on the bidding approach used for public-private partnership projects in the highway sector.

As the third decade of globalization nears, Indonesia has several characteristics that shippers and business interests find attractive.

New Jersey's new governor is a big union supporter, which could help the ILA in its fight against the Waterfront Commission.

The rapidly growing popularity of DPD, in which import containers can be cleared direct from the wharf, rather than at an off-site yard, has transformed JNPT’s supply chain.

Artificial intelligence and related technologies will transform supply chain management as transport operators adopt these technologies to uncover data patterns to boost efficiency, among other benefits, says a logistics executive.

The parcel industry until recently was operating on the past premise of weekday deliveries with a surcharge and only with express delivery on Saturdays,

US importers are slightly more upbeat regarding their trans-Pacific goods shipments at the start of 2018.

Beneficial cargo owners see the advantage of warehouse space closer to the port, but that locale is not without a downside.

Extended, frigid weather and high freight demand have collided in the US heartland’s freight hub, squeezing an already tight drayage market.

In a series of conversations, JOC executive editor Mark Szakonyi surveyed three shippers on how 2017 fared for their supply chains and what 2018 holds.

The technology enabled terminal operators at JNPT to substantially decrease dwell times, among other metric improvements.

Carriers have little track record of self-policing in pursuit of overall industry gains. Can carriers change their operational stance?

Business organizations, as well as individual shippers, had protested the truck weight limit, which forced transporters to move one container of goods in two trucks.

The US regulatory agency begins the year with two vacancies — vacancies that will probably have a policy impact.

It would appear that managing infrastructure needs for bigger ships and environmental responsibility are at cross-purposes. But heading into 2018, North American ports have a plan.

Implementing electronic logging in 2018 will not be easy and may spark a review of truck driver work rules.

Technology that provides real-time cargo location visibility gained much attention in 2017, as did tracking for containers, chassis, and other equipment. That trend is likely to continue in 2018.

The supply-demand forecast is available. So is the historical data, along with the start date and location. So why are terminals and/or ports not implementing a more-efficient, utilitarian chassis system?

The song will likely remain the same regarding the air cargo sector in 2018: increasing demand, which suggests that building a 'time safety cushion' into your supply chain is prudent.

The year 2018, an election year, could be a moment when campaign promises to increase infrastructure funding are finally fulfilled, but how much of that potential pie will go toward freight and the broader needs of container shipping/trade?

As strategic 3PLs help their customers leverage new tools and platforms, more traditional logistics providers fall further behind.

In addition to rising consumer goods and freight demand, at least some of the pre-holiday drop in truck capacity that helped push spot rates to new highs may be due to a unique factor.