K+N amps up schedule data amid blank sailing pileup Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) this week provided a tool allowing customers and internal staff to get current data on blank sailings and… K+N amps up schedule data amid blank sailing pileup Journal of Commerce
Read More →COVID-19 hastens new VC approach to logistics
on April 15, 2020in Industry News
COVID-19 hastens new VC approach to logistics The last decade in logistics was defined, in large part, by the hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital that flowed into technology startups, and… COVID-19 hastens new VC approach to logistics Journal of Commerce
Read More →K+N takes regional approach to digital quoting in Asia
on April 7, 2020in Industry News
K+N takes regional approach to digital quoting in Asia Global forwarder Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has created a specialized platform for intra-Asia shippers that mirrors a broader tool it offers customers to help them gauge transit times… K+N takes regional approach to digital quoting in Asia Journal of Commerce
Read More →Youredi expands connectivity options for DCSA track-and-trace standard
on April 7, 2020in Industry News
Youredi expands connectivity options for DCSA track-and-trace standard Systems integration specialists continue to provide avenues for shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to access a new track-and-trace standard developed by a non-profit consortium of container lines earlier this year.Youredi is the second such specialist to offer a link to the… Youredi expands connectivity options for […]
Read More →Cargo risk tools get second look after early COVID-19 alerts
on April 6, 2020in Industry News
Cargo risk tools get second look after early COVID-19 alerts Hindsight is always 20/20 and the merits of investing in risk forecasting technology are no different. But for customers that received late December notifications from risk monitoring service providers two weeks before the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) fully revealed… Cargo risk tools […]
Read More →US importers urged to ‘proactively’ challenge demurrage charges
on April 3, 2020in Industry News
US importers urged to ‘proactively’ challenge demurrage charges US importers and drayage operators need to be more proactive documenting what they believe are unfair detention and demurrage (D&D) charges, speakers said Thursday during a JOC.com webcast.At the same… US importers urged to ‘proactively’ challenge demurrage charges Journal of Commerce
Read More →Maersk speeding, slowing US imports amid COVID-19
on April 3, 2020in Industry News
Maersk speeding, slowing US imports amid COVID-19 Through its evolution to become a self-described integrator, Maersk said new capabilities, much of them gained by recent acquisitions, are allowing it to better service US importers amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by speeding or slowing their container supply chains. This gaining of greater control of… Maersk speeding, […]
Read More →ONE targets global electronic bill of lading capability by mid-year
on April 2, 2020in Industry News
ONE targets global electronic bill of lading capability by mid-year In the latest example of container lines endeavoring to digitize critical ocean freight documents, Ocean Network Express (ONE)… ONE targets global electronic bill of lading capability by mid-year Journal of Commerce
Read More →Word of the year: Supply chain
on April 2, 2020in Industry News
Word of the year: Supply chain Every year, Oxford University Press, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, announces its UK and US words of the year (WOTY). Sometimes (such as last year) the word is the same: climate emergency. Sometimes the word differs. And sometimes, (2015) it is not a word at all: it is […]
Read More →Mexico’s Pacific ports brace for deeper volume declines
on April 1, 2020in Industry News
Mexico’s Pacific ports brace for deeper volume declines Import volumes through Mexico’s Pacific Coast ports fell 15 to 25 percent in March from the year-earlier period amid the slowdown in Chinese production, and a weak Mexican peso and auto plant closures could delay or weaken any rebound, logistics executives say.Although Chinese… Mexico’s Pacific ports brace […]
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