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Changing carrier, logistics provider dynamic likely to benefit customers Change, and technological change, is occurring in logistics, but the analysis that argues ocean carriers are trying to put logistics providers out of business is a stretch. The much more likely scenario is more diverse — and one that will ultimately benefit the customer. (Above: the […]

The narrowing divide Over the last few decades, the boundaries of the international shipping industry were largely set in stone: Container lines limited their role to moving goods on their ships, wholesaling vessel space to logistics firms, and retailing it to large shippers. That left logistics firms to perform most of the value-adding services along… The narrowing […]

European shippers say terminal automation gains lost on inland moves The stronger European economy with its rising container volumes and next-generation technology has exposed a weakness in the continent’s supply chain — and it’s one that will likely require the input of all stakeholders to eliminate. (Above: the Port of Antwerp.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Automated […]

INTTRA’s rate management foray unnerves some partners INTTRA doesn’t see its rate management pilot as directly competitive to those of its partners, but multiple current and former executives involved in the rate management software space have a different evaluation of the pilot’s launch last week. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. The electronic shipping platform INTTRA’s foray into […]

E-commerce spawns new customs filing challenges for shippers Above: An Amazon distribution center. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. RANCHO MIRAGE, California — E-commerce has changed the logistics of international trade, but the customs rules that govern cargo admissibility, valuation, and revenue collection are still very much the same before the Internet introduced new potential risks and unknowns […]

Itaqui port targets poultry and beef exports to regain volume Itaqui managers want to re-brand the port as a reefer shipper, to become the “new” closest port to northern Europe, displacing Pecem. (Above: Port of Itaqui.) Photo credit: EMAP. Port of Itaqui managers now believe they have the strategy to win back container shipping business […]

Managers hope to jump-start Itaqui port with reefer shipments Itaqui managers want to re-brand the port as a reefer shipper, to become the “new” closest port to northern Europe, displacing Pecem. (Above: Port of Itaqui.) Photo credit: EMAP. Port of Itaqui managers now believe they have the strategy to win back container shipping business — […]

FedEx names new freight division president   Smith has worked in FedEx on operations, sales, transportation, fleet maintenance, facility services, and safety, currently serving as the senior vice president of operations in the FedEx Freight unit. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. FedEx Corp. has tapped John A. Smith to run FedEx Freight division effective as president Aug. […]

Will CMA CGM/CEVA deal trigger more carrier-forwarder M&A? The April 20 announcement from third-largest global carrier CMA CGM comes just a few months after the largest carrier, Maersk Line, declared its strategy to become within three to five years the “global integrator of container logistics,” akin to a Fedex or UPS for ocean freight. Photo […]

Russia countersanctions fee to hit US, Europe air cargo shippers Currently, most Russian economic and geopolitics experts do not believe the planned, Russian countersanctions will result in the introduction of any restrictions on the use of Russia’s air space by western air carriers.(Above: a KLM plane during cargo operations in Moscow.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Shippers […]