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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 […]

Terrible Toos: Too Much, Too Soon By several measurements, freight growth is accelerating as we approach midyear and will continue in this promising direction for the remainder of the year and possibly into 2015. Although that’s positive for transportation and logistics providers, as well as for shippers whose growing volumes point to improving conditions in […]

Taking Responsibility for Trade Compliance Every year, just as certain as the blooming of the bluebonnets in Texas, I get asked for my opinion about where I consider to be the best fit for trade compliance within a corporate organization. The reason for the question’s frequency is because trade compliance, like the proverbial hot potato,… […]

A Shipper’s Perspective: NITL’s Carlton Opens Up About Trucking, Alliances, BCOs National Industrial Transportation League President and CEO Bruce CarltonFor the first time since the 2008-09 Great Recession, shippers have a “small smile on their faces” when it comes to the economy, National Industrial Transportation League President and CEO Bruce Carlton said. Their increasing optimism […]

Barcelona’s Auto Trade on a Roll Three trains a day travel between the SEAT plant and the Port of Barcelona.BARCELONA, Spain — In the middle of the rolling coastal mountains near this Mediterranean seaport a huge auto plant sprawls across an area equivalent to 400 fields for soccer, or “football,” as it is called here. […]

World’s Largest LCL Consolidator ECU-LINE Opens Own Offices in Malaysia at Port Klang and Penang Mumbai, 28 April 2014: As part of the global conglomerate Avvashya Group and 100% subsidiary of Allcargo Logistics Ltd, ECU-LINE has announced the opening of its own offices in Malaysia at Port Klang and Penang, with operations staring from May 2nd 2014. […]

CCS Racking Up New Business Fitting three cars into a container used to involve a long process of wooden supports and manpower. Today it is possible to fit up to six vehicles into one standard container using the innovative fitted metal racking service available from Consolidated Car Shipping. Unsworth Global Logistics (UGL) and Consolidated Car […]

Calculating Risk Any logistics director moving goods through North American ports can hardly be blamed for being risk-averse. Whether it’s a trucker strike in Vancouver, British Columbia, hours-long backups at the Port of New York-New Jersey, or marine terminals buckling under the weight of thousands of containers disgorged by single mega-ships, there’s… http://www.joc.com/international-logistics/calculating-risk_20140428.html Journal of […]

Cookie Logistics For the past few months, they’ve been inescapable, whether as a relentless procession across my porch with their cherub-like faces pressed against the glass of my front door, or as strategically placed human barricades in front of grocery, hardware and retail stores; no mortal being is safe. I’m referring, of course,… http://www.joc.com/international-logistics/cookie-logistics_20140424.html Journal […]

Two RoadOne Employees Promoted to Director of Business Development Positions Randolph, Massachusetts, April 22, 2014 – RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a leading single source intermodal, distribution, and logistics services company, announces today that Jessica Cohen and Kendall Kellaway have both been promoted to Director of Business Development positions.  Jessica will be responsible for sales and customer engagement in the Midwest […]