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Cosco’s inland push expands Asia, Europe logistics footprint Cosco has continued to aggressively expand into landside logistics, building on Beijing’s Belt and Road strategy to grow its terminal and inland footprint in Asia and Europe. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Maersk Line may have captured the headlines with its new focus on becoming a global provider of […]

How to stay competitive amid US trucking sector turmoil With 2018 shaping up to be the year of the US trucking capacity crunch, smart planning around ground transport is essential for businesses to keep their supply chains running. The trucking industry is already facing a historic shortage of 50,000 drivers and sky-high labor turnover rates, […]

Freight, asset ‘imbalance’ squeeze air cargo capacity Air cargo being loaded. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. PHILADELPHIA — From 30,000 feet, the reasons for tightening air cargo capacity look remarkably like the factors behind tighter surface transportation capacity: asset-based networks, whether of planes or trucks, thrown off balance by fast-growing demand. Closer to the ground, solutions are […]

India sets stakeholder deadline for digital, central portal The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) gate technology used at the DP World Nhava Sheva Terminal is a first for Indian ports. Photo credit: DP World Subcontinent. As the container shipping industry deploys assets to research and develop the potential-breakthrough technology of blockchain-based supply chains, India’s government this […]

Ukraine heavy-lift operator Antonov excels at solo job flights An Antonov plane is prepared for loading. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Life after divorce has been good for Ukrainian heavy-lift cargo operator Antonov Airlines, which is consolidating its position as an independent carrier after the breakup of its joint venture with Russia’s Volga-Dnepr at the end of […]

Contrail intermodal terminal slashes container transit times The Port of Santos. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. The Jundiaí Intermodal Terminal (TIJU), operated by Contrail Logistica, started with a flourish in December, quickly ramped-up, and in less than two months had handled 12 block trains loaded with more than 580 containers (or 1,122 TEU) – in service to […]

Kerry Logistics to focus on Asian cross-border trade Z Kerry Logistics’ Thai express business is growing strongly. Photo credit: Kerry Logistics Rising competition and costs in China saw Kerry Logistics’ business on the mainland decline in 2017, with the Hong Kong-listed 3PL planning to increase its focus on cross-border trade to capitalize on Asia’s rapidly […]

Which way will blockchain go? How is one to make sense of the barrage of blockchain announcements already this year, and the feeling that these may be the opening chess moves in a profound game that could reshape how the industry works in the coming years? On Jan. 16 it was Maersk Line and IBM announcing formation of a joint venture […]

Blockchain success in shipping hinges on standardization A Maersk Line container ship at the Port of Oakland. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. How is one to make sense of the barrage of blockchain announcements already this year, and the feeling that these may be the opening chess moves in a profound game that could reshape how the […]

IBM-Maersk blockchain gains steam while trying to allay forwarder fears IBM. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. There can be little doubt that IBM is taking seriously it’s joint venture with Maersk Line to simplify global trade through blockchain. That much was clear when IBM Chairman, President and CEO Virginia Rometty invited the head of the venture, former […]