Monthly Archives for March 2020

Retailers, suppliers need to ease supply chain pain together: apparel group Retailers and their suppliers should be… Retailers, suppliers need to ease supply chain pain together: apparel group Journal of Commerce

Major forwarder buy-in helps Slync.io land million funding Amid a tightening venture capital environment, Slync.io secured an $11 million Series A funding round this week, driven in part by… Major forwarder buy-in helps Slync.io land million funding Journal of Commerce

Forager broadens cross-border ambitions with VC funding One of the trickier chasms to bridge for startup logistics technology providers is moving from a brokerage model to a marketplace or ecosystem model that may… Forager broadens cross-border ambitions with VC funding Journal of Commerce

Dynamic container pricing gives carriers repositioning edge Many discussions on the topic of instant versus dynamic ocean freight pricing tend to look at dynamic pricing from a rate procurement perspective — i.e., the ability for a freight… Dynamic container pricing gives carriers repositioning edge Journal of Commerce

Containers pile up at Indian docks amid COVID-19 lockdown With Indian ports facing serious inland service shortages amid a 21-day countrywide lockdown that began Wednesday, exporters and importers are scrambling to move… Containers pile up at Indian docks amid COVID-19 lockdown Journal of Commerce

CEVA Logistics declares force majeure, citing COVID-19 impact CEVA Logistics has become the latest global forwarder to declare force majeure on all its ocean, air, and land contracts, invoking the measure just… CEVA Logistics declares force majeure, citing COVID-19 impact Journal of Commerce

COVID-19 to accelerate digitalization, automation of container shipping The world right now is in the grip of the pandemic spread — and the health situation is almost guaranteed to get worse in the coming… COVID-19 to accelerate digitalization, automation of container shipping Journal of Commerce

Truck makers shutting US plants on COVID-19 fears US heavy-duty truck manufacturers are closing factories in the US as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads and demand for new heavy trucks and tractors remains… Truck makers shutting US plants on COVID-19 fears Journal of Commerce

COVID-19 to usher new Wall Street focus on supply chain hedging As logistics managers, shippers, and carriers contemplate how to hedge against supply chain disruption as a result of coronavirus disease 2019… COVID-19 to usher new Wall Street focus on supply chain hedging Journal of Commerce

Truck driver scarcity cripples container flow at India’s JNPT Terminal leaders and shippers at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), scrambling to push shipments at the end of the fiscal year, are caught up… Truck driver scarcity cripples container flow at India’s JNPT Journal of Commerce