Supply chain

Digital vulnerability and rapid technological advancement rank among the top concerns for transportation industry executives.

Wilhelmsen and Wallenius have unveiled plans to merge their three jointly owned ocean car carrier and roll on-roll off lines.

The US Federal Maritime Commission has provided a template for requests to the regulatory agency for assistance with problems arising from the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy.

India’s leading logistics service providers are optimistic that the market will rebound over the course of the year.

Melbourne-based company gives C.H. Robinson Worldwide a direct presence in Australia and New Zealand.

Indian trade unions are going ahead with a strike planned for Friday despite government concessions.

A U.S. federal mandate requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices by the end of next year won’t necessarily be the harbinger of a long-anticipated “capacity crunch.”

India’s maritime administrator is showing no sign of backing down from its previous diktat barring container terminal operators from offering container weighing services on-site for a fee.

Allcargo Logistics Ltd. unveiled a plan to combine all of its third-party logistics businesses into a single entity.

A proposal to mandate speed-limiting technology on heavy trucks would increase demand for truck drivers, U.S. regulators admit.

The hard first-half trading environment was reflected in Li & Fung results.

The U.S. federal government, with the help of shippers and others, is trying to come to grips with how to improve port productivity.

Many U.S. exporters are still confused about how to meet Chinese rules aimed at preventing the spread of the Zika virus.

A new white paper commissioned by the Van Horne Institute and completed by JOC outlines how Canada can build on its success in creating inland ports.

Two shipper groups are protesting changes to the uniform bill of lading, but does the U.S. Surface Transportation Board have the authority to intervene?

U.S. marine terminals and vessels handling dangerous bulk goods or carrying more than 1,000 passengers have been given a two-year deadline to electronically verify Transportation Worker Identification Credentials.

Brazil’s interim president Michel Temer is pushing ahead with initiatives to boost trade following the likely impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.

Retailer tightens control over delivery times, flow of inventory from warehouses as e-commerce grows.

Kerry Logistics has a soft first half as weak trade growth puts the brakes on volume.

Strikes and slowdowns by Brazilian customs officers are causing chaos and losses for shippers and shipping lines.

Logistics property developer GLP has entered into a long-term agreement with box-maker China International Marine Containers.

Tech firms are locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of freight forwarders and shippers as they develop online marketplaces aimed at streamlining the freight booking and rate management process.

Retailers such as Wal-Mart want to reduce inventory while offering more products.

Containers shipped from the U.S. to China that are subject to that country’s regulations designed to prevent the spread of Zika virus won’t have to be fumigated but can instead be disinsected.

DB Schenker veteran Jochen Mueller will join logistic provider Dachser.

There will be a time and cost element to fumigating your cargo on arrival in China to comply with Zika measures, forwarders tell shippers.

Net absorption of warehouse and distribution space in the U.S. during the first six months of 2016 was the strongest since 2007.

Refinancing saves XPO Logistics money that can be reinvested in "optimizing" its global business.

The Indian government seems to be treading cautiously on its long-contemplated plan to restructure major public port trusts.

Chinese authorities have provided some guidance on how U.S. exporters need to show that they have made their shipments mosquito-free.

Inttra’s continued breakneck growth may rest on whether the company can convince shippers to change with the times.

Customs changes could help relieve crippling congestion at the port of Yangon in Myanmar.

Singapore holds the strongest potential for U.S. refrigerated exports in a global market ripe for growth, according to the U.S. International Trade Administration’s recently released “2016 Cold Chain Top Markets Report.”

The controversial mandate requiring electronic logging devices in U.S. trucks by the end of next year will reappear before a federal court next month, jeopardizing the fate of the rule itself, and the so-called “capacity crunch” it was expected to generate.

Damco’s recovery continued as it was the only Maersk Group unit to boost earnings in the second quarter of 2016.

A customs change that would have forced shippers to divert cargo away from the port of St. Petersburg has been suspended.

Surging e-commerce demand and spending in Asia has logistics companies looking to the future.

Last year’s acquisition of APL Logistics continued to dent profit at Kintetsu World Express Inc.

Agility, the leading Arab Gulf logistics group, increased second-quarter earnings, but revenue declined.

CEVA Logistics posted lower revenue and earnings in the first half.