How Alta Devices is leading the way in solar technology.
Anyone the least bit familiar with the energy industry knows that solar is booming. Generally, when we think of solar, we think of its larger applications, such as ro...
Aeronet Delivers Beeper Eggs to the Blind Babies Foundation’s Yearly Celebration
Although it is not difficult to appreciate the hardships that blind children must go through, one thing that often gets taken for grante...
The global logistics solutions provider has hired a number of industry veterans, added and expanded its locations, and made new in-roads into international shipping operations.Aeronet Worldwide celebrated its 35th...
Michael Crowley announced as Business Development Manager for LAX Station
Aeronet Worldwide is happy to announce that Michael Crowley has joined the company, to serve as Business Development Manager for the Los Angeles (LAX...
Aeronet Worldwide has announced that Andrew Hurcombe has joined as a General Manager for the Chicago (ORD) station, where he will focus on the day-to-day...
Aeronet Worldwide is happy to announce that Michael J. Mackowiak has joined the company as the Global Business Development Manager fo...
The global logistics solutions provider turns 35.
Thirty-five years ago, on April 1, 1982, Aeronet Worldwide® was born to serve the logistics needs of the burgeoning tech industry in the Silicon Valley of Northern Calif...
Monthly Subscription Boxes have proven to be a popular commodity in today’s ecommerce market, but what is their real value, and are they sustainable in the long term?
How retail chains and manufacturers can take advantage of augmented reality apps on consumers smartphones to boost sales and build brand loyalty.
Augmented reality is the next ‘Big Thing.’ As the technology for ...
Aeronet’s New York gateway has received an upgrade.
Aeronet Worldwide has announced that it has relocated its New York operations center to a new office. The move took place at the end o...
Keith Price Joins Aeronet Worldwide as Business Development Manager
Aeronet Worldwide has announced that Keith Price has joined the company as a Business Development Manager. He will operate out of Aeronet’s Dallas Fo...
Sloan Park Hosts the One-and-Only Western Stop along the World Series Trophy Tour
Celebrations were held this past Friday at Sloan Park, in the city of Mesa, Arizona, home of the Chicago Cubs spring training, as the 2016 Wo...
The lane segment between the United States and the United Kingdom, when it comes to shipping and receiving, just became more streamlined, thanks to a new partnering between two major logistics providers on either side of the pond.
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Aeronet Worldwide is happy to announce that Blanca Munoz has joined the company as the Sales Rep for its Los Angeles (LAX) office, where she will focus o...
Larry W. Coyle announced as Director of Sales for Los Angeles
IRVINE, CA – 1/26/2017 – Aeronet Worldwide has announced that Larry W. Coyle has joined as a Director of Sales for the Los Angeles (LAX) Office, wher...
When President Obama gave his farewell address to the nation at the beginning of this week, he took a moment to note the challenges facing the American worker, saying “the next wave of economic dislocations won’t come from overseas. It...
Jaws dropped, eyebrows arched, and many a retail worker’s forehead began to sweat earlier this week, as shipping giant Amazon announced the opening of their first brick-and-mortar store, Amazon Go. This retail venture promises to streamline ...
After years of speculation and fantasizing over its potential, virtual reality is finally becoming a part of everyday life...
Black Friday is an event that is marked in both consumer and retailer calendars. For the customer, incredible discounts on items that may have previously been unobtainable. For retailers, a sure-fire way to increase sales and ultimately increase t...
Organic electronics is a field that is shaking up the future of our electronic devices. That’s because they’re offering us the opportunity to place screens, electronic readouts, and other devic...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Trust Automation, Inc., known for standard and custom high ...
The major retailers limped through the third quarter and once again find themselves under pressure to make sure the holidays deliver big sales figures.
U.S. aerospace companies and lobbying groups embraced Donald Trump's presidential victory on Wednesday, setting aside fears that his policies would depress sales, shatter global alliances and roll back trade agreements.
Defense contractors ...
The U.S. continues to be the largest market for pharmaceutical and medical devices, according to PACK EXPO owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. As the global demand for medicines and devices rise, pro...
Aeronet was recently reached out to by one of its clients, Burrow Global, to help transport replacement books to schools in and around Baton Rouge, after their classrooms and libraries were destroyed by flooding. Aeronet is proud to have been able...
If Asian buyers continue to divert their contracted supply from the US towards Europe and Latin America, it will reduce demand for LNG vessels in the lo...
A recent report from investment management firm Conning & Co.'s Insurance Research Division disp...
Clashes betwe...
DETROIT -- A senior Nissan executive fears that Silicon Valley's race to develop software for connected cars, collision avoidance and other high-tech functions is leaving minority suppliers behind.
John Martin, Nissan North America's senior...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit fell in September to the lowest level in 19 months as demand for U.S.-made airplanes and other exports increased while imports slipped. The politically sensitive deficit with China declined.
Vice President of International Development for Aeronet to join Global Freight Partners' Board.
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SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The increasingly stringent emission norms in the US and Europe like the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that require cars and light-duty trucks to run 54.5 miles per gallon by ...
Imagine a world where supply chain planning systems can mold themselves into their environment, adapt, and improve as the business changes. Imagine systems that can monitor user behavior as well as customer and supplier anomalies, and advise accor...
USA real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the third quarter of 2016, according to the "advance" estimate Read More
Factory activity across mid-Atlantic states edged down in October but still expanded as new orders picked up.
Solar power capacity in the US will have nearly tripled in size in less than three years by 2017 amid an energy shakeup that has seen natural gas solidify its position as the country’s chief source of electricity and coal power continue to f...
Honda spent more than $24.4 billion for parts and materials from U.S. suppliers for its North America operations last year, including several companies in Clark County, the company said.
That is a r...
The award was presented to Aeronet in Goa, India, earlier this month. Vice President of International Business Development David Gibson was on hand to accept the award on behalf of the Los Angeles (LAX) station....
In today’s fast-changing, demanding healthcare environment, the healthcare supply chain continues to advance as the strategic asset to help lower costs and improve patient outcomes. As part of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Ma...
Suggestions that sales have collapsed or that airlines are cancelling orders are overdone. After several years of record sales and the buildup of a huge backlog, it was inevitable that new orders would slow at some point. Not least of which becaus...
As concerns mount about fuel prices, long-term energy availability, and climate change, companies’ attention is finally turning toward one of the most pervasive places where energy can be conserved: the industrial supply cha...
The new normal of low growth rates is clear. We are unlikely to resume to the double-digit levels once experienced – at least for a while. Saturation across tech verticals, notably smartphones, is also expanding. However, despite these gloom...
The South is home to auto giants Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Nissan Motor Co. It is increasingly attracting some of the biggest names in aviation, including Boeing Co. in South Carolina, Airbus in Alabama, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. in Georgia a...
The average age of all fixed assets stood at 22.8 years in 2015, the oldest in records going back to 1925, according to U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis figures. It's been rising because companies and governments — state, local and federal &...
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Motor carriers in 2015 spent more than a dime less per mile in 2015 than in 2014, according to a report released Monday by the American Transportation Research Institute.
Companies commonly use inventory management policies that employ standard formulas for specific demand distributions and remain unchanged for several years. It’s often easier to continue with current practice, particularly where portfolios i...
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported this week that United States rail carload and intermodal volumes again saw annual declines for the week ending September 24.
Carlo...
With a fourth consecutive month-on-month increase registered in September, the Index for sea fr...
The Walloon region of Belgium may be known to history for its battlefields, which include Waterloo and the World War I sites of Mons and Liege, but it is also the Idaho of Europe—in other words, it's an area ideally suited for growing potato...
Editor’s Note: Every year, 40 or so students in the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT CTL) Master of Supply Chain Management (SCM) program complete one-year thesis research projects. The students are early-career ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Railroad is making final preparations for the first U.S. rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a fuel that could be used to alleviate air pollution problems in the state's second-largest city.
The rai...
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US onshore wind generation is booming with tax equipment incentives instrumental in ‘land banking’ wind power projects. With so much capacity being installed on land, can an offshore wind power boom be far behind?
Onshore wind g...
FWI says it has seen nearly double the national average for thefts of electronics and clothi...
This past June, months before the start of the 2016 NFL regular season, the Carolina Panthers had a winning day when they celebrated owner Jerry Richardson’s 80th birthday by unveiling a new sculpture dedicated to him. Bringing th...
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Congress chose October for the annual observance in 1988 to bring attention to the employment needs of people with all types of disabilities.
Many would be surprised at just how dif...
Global airfreight demand clocks its fastest pace of growth in 14 months in the International Air Transport Association's June 2016 data.
Asia-Pacific airlines report a 3.5-percent increase in demand for air cargo in June compared to 2015, w...
Captain Samrat Ghosh and Trudi Hogg of the Australian Maritime College at the University of Tasmania have published a paper stating that belief in the reliability of fully autonomous vessels is unrealistic.
Research in the design and develo...
#Aeronet Worldwide, a longtime leader in the global #logistics industry, is excited to announce its latest venture: the launch of its very own industry blog, called SpeakingLogistics.
Speaking Logistics is dedicated to pre...
The regulatory swath barreling toward the trucking industry — highlighted by electronic logging devices and greenhouse gas emissions standards — combined with likely increases in fuel costs and an uptick in freight could push the truck...
Fast delivery and premium packaging has a high impact on customer loyalty, according to recent data from logistics and fulfillment firm Dotcom Distribution.
Delivery time is a key factor in the decis...
Aeronet Worldwide is proud to announce that longtime associate David Gibson has recently been named as President of the #LosAngelesAirCargoAssociation, a non-profit organization made up of professionals from all sectors of the #airfreight industry...
The measures in the most populou...
Gas prices fell nationwide for the 11th consecutive day on Sept. 11, down 4 cents in Florida.
“Gas prices immediately began their seasonal downward trend at the beginning of September,...
SEOUL, South Korea - Hanjin Group said Tuesday it will inject $90 million, including $36 million from its chairman Cho Yang-ho's personal assets, to help resolve disruptions to container cargo transport caused by Hanjin Shipping Co.'s financial tr...
Canada’s ports are spreading a wide net to help offset a slump in global commodity demand.
For Canadian ports on the east and west coasts, a common priority remains to expand horizons while protecting existing markets amidst volatile ...
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities say a program that allows U.S. and Mexico officers to jointly inspect commercial trucks heading north has drastically reduced border crossing wait times in Arizona.
Transportation and warehousing companies returned to adding jobs in July, with trucking operators increasing their hiring after shedding thousands of jobs in recent months.
Trucking companies added 1,700 jobs last month, the U.S. Labor Depa...
Furthering his environmental legacy, Gov. Jerry Brown released sweeping blue-sky plans to propel the state’s commercial trucks, ships and trains toward a zero-emissions future.
The unprecedent...
Cargo theft incidents dropped 15 percent in the second quarter of 2016 when compared to the same time period last year, but the value of the thefts increased when compared to 2015’s second quarter, according to a quarterly report from Read More
Japan’s exports dropped again in June, with shipments down for a ninth consecutive month, underscoring the continuing challenge of reviving the nation’s economy.
Many investors, public and private alike, are making big bets on U.S. infrastructure projects tied to expansion of the Panama Canal, which started moving supersized container ships through its wider, deeper channel and locks on June 26.
The...
Each month, Cass Information Systems Inc., a freight audit and payment company, and Avondale Partners, an investment firm, produce Read More
Daimler Trucks, parent company of Freightliner and Western Star, introduced Wednesday the industry’s first take on an electric-powered truck, besting upstart Nikola Motor Company and electric vehicle maker Tesla, both of whom announced plans...
Echoing the mid-year reports from several other aviation groups, Airports Council International (ACI) said air cargo tonnage was flat for the first five months of 2016, rising just 0.6 percent in May, year-over-year, and 0.2 percent, y-o-y, over t...
In a recent letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association...
Shipping was left out of the historic 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, yet the shipping industry pledged to move forward “in the spirit of Paris.” So far, however, it appears that shipping nations are more intent on sailing arou...
Both freight shipments and expenditures in June saw sequential gains, according to data in the June edition of the Cass Freight Index Report issued by Cass Information Systems today.
Many freight transportation and logistics executives and ...
Over the years, retailers have become very good at the supply chain—the process of getting goods from the manufacturing plant to the customer. But today, many retailers face a different challenge: taking those g...
June retail sales data issued by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) saw annual gains in closing out the first half of 2016.
Commerce reported that June retail sales at $457.0 billion were up 0....
At the nation’s two largest container ports, June marked the beginning of what is expected to be a weak peak season for shipping.
The neighboring Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which make up the largest container gateway in the ...
United Parcel Service Inc. may join its rivals in offering Saturday delivery for standard ground packages, as the company adapts to surging online shopping and an increasing reliance on home-based customers.
The world’s largest packag...
This core purpose remains, but the solution landscape...
Ocean carriers have experimented with a variety of techniques in recent years to cut costs and improve efficiency, from slow steaming to giant megaships to "bulbous bows" that reduce drag. Now comes help from an unexpected source, as GE Marine sta...
Panjiva CEO Josh Green calls Brexit a wake up call for U.S. supply chain managers.
Panjiva tracks companies involved in glob...
The MAPI Foundations – the research affiliate of Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation - notes that supply chain pressures are becoming a transforming influence behind automation.
Automation use by competitors, custom...
Imports slumped at some of the East Coast’s busiest ports in May, as high business inventories and shifting trade patterns that favor the West Coast curbed volumes.
On Tuesday the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported tha...
The British government has kicked the proverbial can down the road yet again, deferring the decision on the Heathrow Airport expansion until October of this year. The latest excuse? The Brexit, of course.
Prime Minister David Cameron was ex...
Declining asset costs and a variety of external factors are driving the container shipping industry into increasing use of container tracking and monitoring devices.
Speaking to The Loadstar on the sidelines of the recent...
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) said that U.S. ports and their surrounding communities stand to benefit from the recent announceme...
The service will operate on two loops, interchanging weekly, between Jebel Ali port in Dubai, and...
CHARLESTON, SC - The South Carolina Ports Authority filed a rule in its Marine Terminal Operating Schedule (MTOS) outlining its process for adherence to the IMO regulations regarding Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Regulation VI/2. This approach is ...
A new Los Angeles (LAX)-Auckland (AKL) passenger service, launched earlier this week, is also providing new connection for airfreight from the United States to New Zealand to and then on to hundreds of destinations around the world. Using a 787, A...
Aeronet Worldwide (Aeronet, Inc.) announced that Nikki Edenfield has joined as a Business Development Manager, giving the company a much-needed presence in the Orlando (FL) area. She will be based out of Aeronet’s Atlanta (GA) Station.
In light of the U.K.‘s vote to leave the EU, experts from the nonpartisan Stimson Center released the following statements and are available for comment on the implications that the Brexit vote could have on trade — including the Trans...
Aeronet Worldwide (Aeronet, Inc.) announced that Kevin Mautino has been promoted to Director of Marketing and Product Development following the retirement of Vice President of Marketing Felipe Arjonilla. Kevin previously joined Aeronet’s man...
Aeronet Worldwide (Aeronet, Inc.) announced that Lori Loverdi has joined as a Sales Director, where she will help grow the Midwest market. She will be based out of Aeronet’s Chicago (IL) station.
Lori has been a part of the freight fo...
IRVINE, CA – 6/24/2016 – Aeronet Worldwide (Aeronet, Inc.) announced that Robin Guthrie has joined as a Sales Director, based out of their Dallas-Forth Worth (TX) Station.
Robin comes to Aeronet with 25 years worth of experience...
Though the Port of Corpus Christi (PCC), located on the Texas coast lying halfway between Houston and Mexico, has been striving to achieve diversification in the commodities shipped out of the port, it continues to remain, essentially, an energy p...
IRVINE, CA – 6/23/2016 – Aeronet Worldwide (Aeronet, Inc.) announced that Jeff Dauz has joined as a Director of Business Development, where he will focus on expanding the company’s presence in the Greater San Diego (CA) area.
No matter the ultimate winner in the highly unusual 2016 presidential election, it appears Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump can agree on something. “When it comes to the physical infrastructure, we have to take care of ...
In another sign that Iran may soon playing a larger role in world airfreight as it re-emerges from U.N. sanctions, the WACO network of independent freight management companies has added Iran-based Amadrah International Freight Forwarding to its ro...
The global airfreight industry continued to grapple with an oversupply of capacity in April, as data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) found that year-over-year tonnage space more than doubled...
Americans can expect delivery disruptions in the coming months unless steps are taken to address a growing pilot shortage, according to a recent study conducted by the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association (RACCA) on behalf of FedEx,...
Following extensive safety reviews precipitated by lithium ion battery fire...
WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, and U.S. Maritime Administration this week joined the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition – designed to bring together the U.S. defense i...
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that that U.S. trade with its North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico dropped 5.8 percent on an annual basis in Mar...
US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan Selig made a strong ...
The new Supply Chain Conference revealed the pressure on OEMs to deliver parts to...
As of July 1, only...
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron plans a new transport law to spur everything fr...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced their collaboration to accelerate research, demonstration, and deployment of innovative transportation and alternative fuel technologies. The agenci...
Increased sharing of cargo crime data by law enforcement agencies will enable manufacturers and logistics service providers to further protect high value/theft attractive goods in supply chains and relieve the pressure on police forces that have t...
Import cargo volumes at the nation’s major retail container ports are expected to be at some of the...
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said today it is calling on Congress to take action on maintaining the current motor carrier hours-of-service (HOS) restart rule, which it said provided truck drivers with the flexibility and opportunity to...
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed the FY2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill by a wide margin of 90 to eight. It is the first appropriations legislation to pass the Senate this year, and it incorporates $6bn in funding for the...
The mantra of U.S. freight brokers is that they're not shippers. Brokers arrange the transportation of their customers' goods. But the freight belongs to somebody else, and brokers never touch the shipments or the equipment used to haul them.
America will fall $1.44tr short of what it needs to spend on infrastructure through the next decade, a gap that could strip 2.5 million jobs and $4tr of gross domestic product from the economy, a report from a society of professional engineers sai...
The undisputed superstar of the skies -- the biggest airplane in the world -- is taking flight on a rare delivery mission across three continents.
The Ukrainian cargo jet named "Mriya" is one of a kind. There is no other.
A single pipeline project in Mexico is poised to expand U.S. natural gas exports in a big way.
The Los Ramones Phase II line, which state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos is developing with private equity firm First Reserve Corp. and...
The first signs of a recovery in the Ukraine automotive industry have begun to appear after several electric automotive components manufacturers recently announced plans to invest in plants in the west of the country with a view to exporting acros...
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) deadlines that went into effect on June 1 and December 1, 2015, respectively, have had a significant impact on U.S. chemical manufacturers and distributors.
&n...
Washington D.C. - Logistics Supply Chain Coalition (LSCC) Executive Director James Voyles released the following statement in response to the United States Senate passing H.R.636, the legislative vehicle being used to pass a Federal Aviation Admin...
Growth will remain healthy for all three U.S. major transportation sectors (airports, ports and toll roads) this year, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. Fitch expects passenger traffic growth to increase over 3% in 2016, with the bulk of...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is making changes to its production pattern in North America as part of efforts to focus its plants on larger, more profitable vehicles. The changes, which include the shifting of some Jeep production from the US to...
The state of Georgia, in an unprecedented move, is planning to build two northbound truck-only lanes paralleling a heavily travelled 40-mile stretch along Interstate 75 from Macon to McDonough, about 30 miles south of Atlanta.
The estimated...
HANNOVER, Germany - Monday at the Hannover Messe industrial fair, Microsoft Corp. and Rolls-Royce, a leading manufacturer of aero engines for the airline and business aviation market, announced they are collaborating to bring new capabilities to R...
In an announcement Wednesday, the American Association of Port Authorities suggested that its member ports intend to spend over $150 billion in combined infrastructure investments by 2020 - contrasted with a "best-case" government investment in po...
On April 20, at its 2016 Annual Conference National Custom Brokers & Forwarders Association of America Inc., (NCBFAA) President Geoffrey Powell signed a voluntary cooperation agreement with Confederación De Asociaciones De Agentes Aduan...
TIS Helps Warehouse Owners Realize RFID EfficienciesTemecula, CA - The Tower Inventory System (TIS) is a dynamic Passive Radio Frequency Identification (pRFID) inventory scanning solution that enables faster cycle counts at a fraction ...
The electronic air waybill (eAWB) has arrived. But certain air freight forwarders and carriers are still holding on to the paper version for dear life.
Efforts by the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) to eliminate paper do...
U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales improved modestly in February, after getting off to a slow start in 2016, according to a recent report from ACT Research.
The "Natural Gas Quarterly" attributes this to a high number ...
View a virtual tour video of the Expanded Panama Canal’s new Neopanamax Locks.
Panama City, Panama - The Panama Canal Authority has produced a video demonstrating in detail how the new Neopanamax locks will operate withi...
The Port of Oakland has introduced a pair of smartphone applications for use by harbor truckers.
The apps, DrayQ and DrayLink, calculate anticipated trucker turn times at marine terminals. Employing Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS te...
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have suspended production at two plants that export Lexus and crossover vehicles to the U.S. after a strong earthquake in southwest Japan disrupted operations at key suppliers.
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Terminal operators need ever more cargo-handling equipment to handle vessels with capacities of more than 8,800 teu. These firms require large mobile cranes that can handle 20 container rows across and nine containers stacked on deck. A new varian...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - JAXPORT’s newly completed Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at Dames Point is being used in support of a high-level military training exercise this month in advance of its official opening to commercial conta...
TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced the hull design for the “FLEXIE”, its next-generation car carrier, which will be built at Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and delivered in 2017. The rounded bow shape will min...
Grain Valley, Mo. - A national association representing small-business truckers said today in its appeal of a government mandate that requiring electronic monitoring devices on commercial vehicles does not advance safety, is arbitrary and capricio...
A group of logistics entrepreneurs is launching a Silicon Valley-style accelerator for supply-chain technology startups, aiming to draw new investment and talent to the freight business.
The founders say they will run the Dyna...
The Swedish Club, an organisation that focusses on marine safety and loss prevention, studied thousands of incidents across a range of vessel segments and claims types over the last decade. The club found that seafarers on containerships need to w...
Washington, DC – Today, the Alliance for Aviation Across America applauded passage of H.R. 4741 by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate last Thursday, March 17th. The bill extends funding for the Federal Aviation Administrat...
Restrictions Implemented as Preventative Measures to Safeguard the Canal and its Customers; Effects on Canal Operations Expected to be Minimal
PANAMA CITY, Panama - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has issued an Advisory to Sh...
TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that the company, along with Tokyo Keiki Inc., conducted a performance demonstration test of its autopilot route control function, called “Advanced Control for Ecology (ACE)”, onb...
Are the giant megaships increasing supply chain costs for everyone but the ocean carriers themselves?
That's the unfortunate situation, according to Chris Welsh, secretary-general of the European-based Global Shippers Forum, a...
The Japanese company Teijin Aramid and Macro Industries from the Netherlands have agreed to jointly develop, manufacture and market more durable, fire-resistant airfreight containers. Super strong, lightweight Twaron fibre will be used to create t...
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the launch of the Digital Attache program, a new initiative that establishes an expert network of “digital attaches” in six to eight key markets, including ASEAN, Brazil, China, Japan...
Truck appointment systems are one of the “innovations” port and industry leaders tout will help optimize the supply chain. The hope is that such systems would decrease truck congestion and turn times by creating a more orderly process ...
The National Retail Federation expects imports in the first half of the year to be slightly lower than in 2015, but said volume would likely grow again in the second half.
According to its monthly Global Port Tracker report, r...
SHAKOPEE, Minn. - FAA Airman and Airspace Rules Division (Federal Aviation Administration) announced today that the 20 of Gowdy Brothers Aerospace’s (www.GowdyBrothers.com) customers were the first ever to receive 1,120 Drones/sUAV (small Un...
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Spanning the length of four football fields and rising 20 stories, the giant container ship that tied up here is an awe-inspiring sight.
The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin — yes, the name seems as l...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) to re...
The amount of freight, measured in tons, moving on the USA’s transport network will grow by 40% in the next three decades while the value of the freight will almost double (+92%).
By 2045, freight tonnage across all tran...
Big Data has led to a discussion of predictive analytics in supply chain management. I’m not sure we have a good understanding in the field of how predictive analytics differs from forecasting.
Here is how I would ...
Producers in China and six other countries sold cold-rolled steel at unfairly low prices in the U.S. market and will be taxed as much as 266 percent on the price, the Commerce Department said in a preliminary decision on Tuesday.
Port offers discounts for ships that slow, reduce emissions
Shipping lines calling at the Port of Long Beach cutGreen Flag Program. thousands of tons of air pollution last year by voluntarily participating in the Port’s ...
New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods in January rose by the most in 10 months as demand picked up broadly, offering a ray of hope for the downtrodden manufacturing sector.
While other data on Thursday showed new...
The U.S. government wants to create a new category of “micro” drones that are built with materials that won’t harm people in a crash, opening the door for more widespread uses in crowded places and other sensitive locations.
SHANGHAI - Boeing [NYSE: BA] today launched the Next-Generation 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) with orders and commitments for up to 55 conversions from seven customers. “The Next-Generation 737 provides exceptional value to expres...
As the global economy continues to improve, one significant metric for business leaders is at a nine-year high.
That metric? Voluntary separations or “quits.”
The US Department of Labor announced that 3.1 million American...
Despite strong growth over the decades in the adoption of third-party logistics (3PL) services, U.S. businesses still struggle to maximize the benefits of the outsourced relationship, a University of Tennessee study reveals.
D...
With the right adjustments to DC design and strategy, wearable computers can deliver the accuracy and efficiency needed to keep up with the rising demands of e-commerce fulfillment.
Stop by your local Best Buy or Staples, and yo...
As part of a pilot test, Hapag-Lloyd has started to use cloud-based stowage-planning software developed by the US supplier Xvela, based in Oakland CA (USA).
As a result, stowage-planning and cargo data of the individual ships ...
Nine dedicated transport corridors are being established to reinforce the railfreight network in Europe. Two of these corridors run through Austria and they were officially inaugurated yesterday (23 February).
The new southern...
The US rail service provider BNSF is planning to invest USD 100 million in the maintenance of its rail infrastructure in New Mexico, USD 130 million in Minnesota and USD 220 million in the state of Washington this year.
The la...
HOUSTON - The first phase of a 300,000-square-foot temperature-controlled cargo facility will be built at the Port of Houston Authority’s Bayport Container Terminal by AGRO Merchants Group, which provides cold supply chain operations globall...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. factories cranked out more autos, furniture and food last month, boosting production by the most since July.
Manufacturing output rose 0.5 percent in January, after falling in four of the previous five months, the Fe...
A new name has joined the vessel tracking sector with a product that promises to set new standards in functionality and user-friendliness. BigOceanData is the new brand from Globavista, the professional vessel tracking and monitoring provider trus...
WASHINGTON - There’s good news and bad news to report about the condition of America’s bridges. The good news is there were 2,574 fewer structurally deficient bridges in 2015 compared to the number in 2014. The bad news is there are st...
On 12 February 2016, Eurotunnel celebrated the 30th anniversary of the treaty of Canterbury. The pact, signed by Geoffrey Howe, the UK foreign secretary at that time, and his French counterpart, Roland Dumas, authorised the construction of the fix...
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering technical cooperation in the rail sector has been signed by Sweden and India. The MoU’s main objectives are to develop cooperation activities in the railway sector to promote efficiency and sustai...
We can reasonably expect to have autonomous trucks by the year 2035. However, this will not eliminate the need for drivers to operate the vehicles - airplanes have been flown by autopilot for more than 25 years, but still require two pilots on eve...
Oakland, Calif. - If it were a movie, they’d call it Megaship II. The 1,310-foot-long container vessel CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin makes its return to the Port of Oakland Feb. 26. Port officials confirmed today that Oakland will be one of thre...
The Panama Canal has announced that Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the consortium responsible for the design and construction of the Third Set of Locks Project, has successfully completed testing of the reinforcements in sill #3 of the Cocol&ia...
The port of Rotterdam is to acquire an additive manufacturing field lab with own 3D metal printers. The lab, which will provide port-related companies with a common research location, will work on applications for the (maritime) industry.
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My main current research focus is supply chain control towers. ARC’s 20th Annual Industry Forum took place last week in Orlando and a panel I moderated was focused on this topic. But the topic was discussed in other tracks, and in informal o...
The USA's federal aviation administration (FAA) has issued a safety alert to US and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, urging them to conduct a safety risk assessment to manage the risks associated with transporting lithium batteries...
A new directive from the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requiring an additional security declaration to be displayed at intermediate points while tendered cargo is in transit, has drawn the ire of forwarders, which were...
Did you feel that? A disturbance throughout the logistics community? Perhaps that was the news that Amazon China – a subsidiary of the Seattle-based e-commerce titan – has been granted a license from the U.S. Federal Maritime Commissio...
As of Jan. 10, truckers from five states not compliant with the REAL ID Act will have to produce additional identification to enter secure areas.
The Department of Homeland Security recently extended the act’s deadline to Jan. 18, 201...
At a time when the United States and Cuba are attempting to normalize relations and re-establish trade, the fact that an inert U.S. Hellfire missile ended up in Cuba in 2014 is raising concerns across the logistics world. The missile was originall...
The International Air Transport Association released its air freight market analysis for November 2015, showing a 1.2% year-over-year decline in worldwide cargo traffic (in freight tonne kilometers flown). This 1.2% overall loss was the result of ...
Port of Long Beach sees fifth straight month of cargo gains
Planned post-holiday sales fuel 6.6 percent rise in volume at Long Beach. Container shipStrong cargo volume continued at the Port of Long Beach in November with 6.6 percent growth ...
The global airline and shipping industries appeared to win a symbolic reprieve from the growing global drive to reduce carbon emissions on Wednesday, cut from a new draft climate change pact being negotiated in Paris.
As nearly 200 nations ...
As was expected, given the preliminary monthly traffic reports by many major carriers, global air cargo volumes, measured in freigxht tonne kilometers (FTKs), were flat in October 2015, rising by just 0.5 percent, compared with the same month last...
A U.S. highway bill, which was passed last week by both the House and Senate and signed into law by President Obama, could be a boon for the air cargo industry in terms of ground-based infrastructure and aircraft financing.
The “Fixin...
2015 is shaping up to be a roller-coaster year for freight forwarder and carrier volumes. An air cargo surge caused by the West Coast port labor slowdown led to congestion-related challenges at major gateways throughout the United States.
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Freight forwarding networks and associations have been around for years. They are now a fixture in the supply chain…an intricate player in the wider business of moving freight. The freight forwarding networks are in prime time.
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Even before the events in Paris on Friday Nov. 13, unrest in several geographic areas of the world has contributed to major disruption in the supply chain.
According to the most recent Security Risk Index from US-based supply-chain consulta...
Carrier imposes 2.5-percent charge on all third-party transactions, effective Jan. 4...It's been standard practice in the parcel-shipping world for decades: A so-called third party, so named because it is neither a shipper nor receiver, uses a ful...
Road congestion costs truckers $27 billion per year in lost time, extra fuel, DOT report says
Total passenger-car, truck delays hit $1 trillion a year, report finds…
Road traffic congestion costs the trucking industry an...