Category: Logistics

August 28, 2023

Economists, financial leaders, and central bank officials from around the globe flew into Jackson Hole, Wyoming over the weekend for the annual Jackson Hole Symposium, which examined some of the big shifts happening in the global economy. One of the […]

August 9, 2023

Many supply chain leaders were unprepared when the pandemic hit, and businesses struggled to maintain material supply continuity. Fast forward a few years, and procurement continues to be more challenging than ever. Companies still struggle as geopolitical volatility, natural disasters […]

August 3, 2023

Reuters published a story Thursday examining the increasingly hawkish stance toward China taken by the top GOP presidential candidates on the campaign trail, noting that several of them are now calling for an end to China’s normalized trade status. Now, […]

July 17, 2023

Core Industries plans to invest $8.75 million to construct a processing and storage facility at its port facility in Mobile County, Alabama. The project will support a contract to handle wood pellets for CM Biomass, and create 28 jobs over […]

July 13, 2023

Another call has been made for the U.S. government to reconsider the trade status that grants Chinese imports a lower tariff rate. They’re starting to stack up. This was once the territory of trade hawks, but no more. After two […]

June 7, 2023

As “America’s Logistics Center,” the Jacksonville region sits atop Florida, the nation’s fastest growing state, giving way to 98 million consumers within a day’s drive, amplified by a diversified transportation infrastructure of rail, air, highway and maritime. At the center […]

June 6, 2023

Agillence, Inc., an optimization company, today announced that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Europe N.V./S.A. (TME) to provide proprietary optimization software to support planning parts logistics networks. Agillence Lean Logistics Optimizer (ALLO) software was selected by TME based […]

May 30, 2023

Early last week, China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, after a meeting m Korean Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun, said the two countries had agreed to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on semiconductor industry supply chains. However, a Korean government statement on the […]

May 12, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain shortages that followed exposed just how vulnerable the offshoring of critical manufacturing had left the United States. One of the most frustrating things about those crises was that United States itself was to blame, […]

May 9, 2023

Members of Congress headed to a container ship terminal in Staten Island on Tuesday — “the birthplace of Pete Davidson,” as hometown Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) described it — for a special field hearing to examine how trade is impacting […]

April 18, 2023

Supply-chain snarls are still hindering efforts by weapons makers to produce more arms for Ukraine and refill stocks for the U.S. and its allies. Lockheed Martin Corp. said Tuesday that sales of its long-range missiles known as the Guided Multiple […]

April 12, 2023

It’s been about 10 months since the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) officially went into effect, banning all imports from the Xinjiang region of China unless importers can produce “clear and convincing evidence” that their products aren’t made with […]

April 5, 2023

FedEx Corp. is combining its Express and Ground delivery units into a single business, abandoning an operating structure championed by founder Fred Smith and criticized by investors and analysts. The changes are designed to simplify interactions with customers and accelerate […]

March 17, 2023

China is on an oil-supertanker hiring spree, a sign energy demand has sped up after the world’s second-largest economy limped out of its Covid-19 lockdowns. Traders carry crude to China, the world’s biggest oil importer, in Eiffel Tower-size tankers called […]

March 10, 2023

Trinity Industries has acquired RSI Logistics for $70 million, the company announced March 9. Trinity owns businesses that provide railcar products and services in North America. RSI is a data-centric provider of proprietary software, logistics services and terminal-management solutions to […]

February 10, 2023

Universal Logistics Holdings’ earnings grew on a slight decline in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2022, the company reported Feb. 9. The Warren, Mich.-based asset-light transportation and logistics company posted net income of $33.4 million, or $1.27 a diluted […]

January 31, 2023

Växjö, Sweden, 31 January 2023 * * * JLT Mobile Computers, a leading developer of reliable computing solutions for demanding environments, has upgraded its powerful and versatile JLT6012 rugged vehicle-mount terminals (VMTs). Originally developed for demanding warehouse and logistics applications […]

January 18, 2023

A significant slump in order volumes across US supply chains took the shine off a slight improvement in global trade activity in Q4-2022, according to the latest data from Tradeshift, the digital network for global trade. Tradeshift’s Index of Global […]

January 13, 2023

President Biden went down Mexico way this week for a North American leaders summit with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Canadian President Justin Trudeau, where they pledged to work together to forge stronger regional supply chains. Then […]

December 20, 2022

Military and trucking industry experts said traits including a willingness to help others and interest in serving a greater good are hallmarks of why truck driving jobs are an excellent option for service members looking to transition to civilian life. […]