Supply chain inefficiencies frustrate US commodity exporters U.S. commodity exporters are enjoying another year of especially low freight rates, but these benefits are often negated by carriers’ sloppy processing of documentation, longer transit times and inland transportation costs from the nation’s interior. As a result, the world’s most efficient farmers, ranchers and chemical producers face […]
Read More →E-tailing’s Trojan Horse
on June 20, 2014in Uncategorized
E-tailing’s Trojan Horse Satish JindelEverywhere you turn, people are bullish on the future of online retailers. It’s reflected in Amazon’s stock price, which has grown rapidly thanks to … free shipping. What’s surprising is that the frenzy of blind investing in Amazon’s stock ignores time-tested stock valuation measures and fails to recognize that there… http://www.joc.com/international-logistics/e-tailing%E2%80%99s-trojan-horse_20140620.html […]
Read More →Retailers see June growth in containerized imports
on June 9, 2014in Uncategorized
Retailers see June growth in containerized imports With unusually high quantities of merchandise entering the country to avoid potential disruptions ahead of the expiration of West Coast dockworkers’ labor contract at the end of the month, U.S. retailers expect containerized imports to increase 7.5 percent in June year-over-year, with growth tapering through September but rising […]
Read More →What Shippers See
on June 3, 2014in Uncategorized
What Shippers See You’re the owner of back-to-school goods due to arrive at a U.S. West Coast port in June for delivery to retail shelves in July. If you’ve been managing cargo for a decade or more, you remember or certainly have read about the 2002 lockout of West Coast longshore workers that… http://www.joc.com/international-logistics/what-shippers-see_20140603.html Journal […]
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