Supply chain

Precariously low West Coast vacancy rates for warehouse and distribution space are sending a stark message to shippers: Expect to pay even more to carry your goods, or rework your containerized supply chains.

Seatrade's order underscores the strength of the reefer market.

Eimskip’s acquisition spree continues with the purchase of a Netherlands-based forwarder.

Russian shippers and transportation companies say they will have to increase their rates double digits to keep up with the cost increases created by Russia’s “Platon” truck toll.

A system aims to provide a single collection point for information on container status, vessel schedules, and empty-container returns, among other information.

Ashley Furniture asked the court to allow an “administrative freeze” on payments owed to Hanjin for services that were only partially provided as a result of the carrier’s failure to fulfill contractual obligations.

The US delivery company will spend 200 million euros to expand its sorting facility at Charles de Gaulle airport and 1.2 billion euros on a 30-year lease.

The Swiss logistics and forwarding giant expressed confidence in the fourth quarter.

"It is better to file an imperfect claim than no claim at all,” said Andrew Kehagiaras, partner in the Long Beach law firm Roberts & Kehagiaras.

“To give up the benefits of trade is horrible,” said Paul Bingham, vice president of Economic Development Research Group.

The world’s largest trading center for plants and flowers is experimenting with refrigerated ocean containers.

The most powerful port, shipping, and transportation industry groups in Brazil are banding together to pressure the government to reform the country’s port law.

Crowley Maritime’s customs brokerage subsidiary will participate in a pilot program at Miami International Airport for ocean-to-air transshipment of perishables.

Shippers using road or rail to get goods into Russia from another country will have to pay a new fee as of Jan. 1, 2017.

The impacts of Brexit on the world’s largest trading center for plants and flowers provides a window into how the decision to leave the EU will impact European trade and corporations.

It is now easier for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust shippers to take advantage of a “direct port entry” scheme meant to speed export traffic.

While technology solutions are important to improving supply chains, the digitization of supply chain planning and operations can only go so far.

With global supply chains generating more and more data in the cloud, Appterra will help Descartes better connect customers.

US regulators simplify the process getting training, a license, and a job in trucking for veterans and active duty military personnel.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and its Eukor Car Carriers affiliate have agreed to pay civil penalties to settle US Federal Maritime Commission allegations of wrongdoing.

The need to keep e-commerce inventory on hand is driving a surge in demand for US warehouse and distribution center space.

A new Russian system of customs clearance for cargo passing through the country’s seaports has led to delays and higher costs for shippers.

The committee is scheduled to meet Oct. 23 to determine whether the 0.5 percent global cap should take effect in 2020 or be postponed till 2025.

A greater customer emphasis on control over deliveries means e-commerce companies and shippers will increasingly pressure their transportation partners to provide the visibility and flexibility needed to enable that control.

The most dynamic expansion in industrial real estate in the United States is happening in so-called second-tier markets with close access to big population centers.

Shippers want assurance from ocean carrier alliances that there are emergency plans in place if one of their container lines can’t deliver its own cargo and that of its member partners.

Shippers must be keenly aware of the financial health of their container lines, and the alliance partners of those lines, if they want avoid the type of widespread disruption experienced during the collapse of Hanjin Shipping.

For years, ports have pushed to ensure that all Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund collections are used for dredging and not diverted to other uses.

The American Trucking Associations has spurned a proposal it lobbied hard to get: a mandate that trucks be fitted with speed limiters.

XPO Logistics will spend $425 million this year on technology to get the most out of diverse international operations and optimize customer supply chains, says CEO Bradley S. Jacobs.

Among the services that MIT Safetrans provides are the commissioning of MRI machines and ATMs.

Canadian customs is partnering with forwarders to determine where bottlenecks are in cargo clearance and how to remove them.

Ships berthed at the port of Shenzhen are now required to burn low sulfur fuel.

The Russian government has designed a set of measures that seek to ease the regulatory burden on trucking companies.

An Israeli company plans to unveil a way to send a bill of lading digitally.

Mexican shippers and railroads are closely watching to see if a new regulatory agency will lower rates and how it will weigh in on disagreements between carriers and customers, as intermodal volume growth sputters.

The US Federal Maritime Commission has announced fines against seven logistics companies that violated either the Shipping Act or other FMC regulations.

Mumbai-based Allcargo Group is rapidly expanding its logistics capacity to meet expected growth from India’s ongoing infrastructure development and reform initiatives.

India’s Directorate General of Shipping has extended its grace period for shippers to be fully compliant with the Safety of Life at Sea verified gross mass mandate.

Transporting food, pharmaceuticals, and other temperature-controlled products requires compliance with increasingly stringent regulations to assure consumer safety. At the same time, superior cold chain practices are also important for maintaining the quality of products and maximizing shelf life.