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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 […]

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

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, […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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