Critical Cargoes
In today’s global environment, all shipments are mission critical. With that in mind, Burnson's blog will address core trade and transport concerns expressed by logistics and supply chain managers worldwide. He'll share exclusive intelligence on waterborne carriage, services and seaports as well as risk mitigation and deployment strategies. Other areas of focus will be on air cargo and regulatory issues.
U.S. seaports brace for Panama Canal expansion's impact
Considered to be one of the most important…and game changing…public works projects of the century, completion of a third set of Panama Canal ship locks in 2014 will provide many of the world’s largest vessels a crucial “intercontinental shortcut” to lucrative markets. To examine the potential impacts of this project and other major trade pattern developments-and ...... Read More
Comments (0)Sustainable Strategy...or Else
Not everyone in the our globalized industry is buying into the “Green” model, it appears. A recent study of the supply chain and logistics practices of a number of industries in South Africa has revealed that more than 40 percent of the companies surveyed nationally are not implementing environmentally sustainable business strategies - thereby jeopardizing their own long-term sustai ...... Read More
Comments (0)Seaports Poised for "Change"
When one is asked to name a thriving U.S. East Coast cargo gateway, the Massachusetts Port Authority does not immediately spring to mind. Still, there must be a significant measure of leadership coming from this corner of the world for its current director to be named (for the second time, no less) as the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) Chairman of the Board for 2009-2010. ...... Read More
Comments (0)Made in America
With the long-anticipated arrival of the USS New York today, Americans everywhere have a genuine reason to rejoice. Built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, the vessel will be commissioned in New York City on November 7 and will then head out for duty five days later. Before that occurs, however, the public will be welcomed aboard to pay tribute to a truly great s ...... Read More
Comments (0)Making Visibility a Supply Chain Priority
Multiple Aberdeen Group supply chain studies have indicated the importance of Supply Chain Visibility in the past. The latest October 2009 report on Integrated Transportation Management has shown that near real-time visibility to supply chain events at a detailed level is one of the key requirements for excelling in supply chain execution. Aberdeen’s industry research has consistently shown ...... Read More
Comments (0)Keeping China Honest
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomed China’s commitments during the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meeting in Hangzhou, China to level the playing field for American businesses operating in the country. “Today’s commitments demonstrate that these negotiations are constructive and beneficial to American economic interests,” said Myron Bril ...... Read More
Comments (0)Got Jobs?
That’s still the big questions for tens of thousands of qualified professionals seeking opportunities with small companies now poised to “go global.” W. James (Jim) McNerney, Jr., chairman, president and CEO of The Boeing Company, will address Illinois small businesses Nov. 10 in Chicago about expanding their sales in foreign markets and creating U.S. jobs. The presentat ...... Read More
Comments (0)Trading Junk
Eustace Tilley, the smug fop who has been adorning covers of The New Yorker for more than eighty years, hardly seems a symbol to be embraced by today’s anti-globalists. Yet the editorial thrust of last week’s issue suggests that readers may want to learn more about the implications of unfettered worldwide shipping and sourcing than meets the (monicled) eye. First, there is a profile ...... Read More
Comments (0)Keeping faith is good for business
When shippers were queried by Business for Social Responsibility about best practices, keeping faith was high on the agenda. Indeed, those surveyed are increasingly optimistic that sustainability will be a core part of business strategy in the years ahead, with majorities expecting increased activity (and no budget cuts) in key areas. Nine out of 10 respondents (90 percent) are somewhat or very op ...... Read More
Comments (0)Oracle's advice for shippers
The global recession is coming to a close, said Loic le Guisquet, Oracle’s executive vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. But that doesn’t mean we may expect a robust recovery.“I am not an economist,” he said in a talk with business reporters attending yesterday’s session of Oracle’s OpenWorld in San Francisco. “But our analysts su ...... Read More
Comments (0)Oracle OpenWorld is here
Today, Oracle welcomes more than 40,000 attending the company’s global business and technology conference that running through Thursday, October 15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The size and scope of “OpenWorld,” seems to suggest that if the global economic recovery in not fully underway, it certainly appears to near. Attendees from all over the world have access to a wi ...... Read More
Comments (0)Navy Deserves SF Salute
While the San Francisco Bay Area is no longer a hub of U.S. Navy activity, the region certainly has reason to celebrate “Fleet Week” taking place through this weekend.As pointed out by Fleet Week chair, Edward M. Leonard, the region has a long and proud connection with the US Navy dating back to at least 1854 when the Mare Island shipyard in Vallejo commenced shipbuilding opera ...... Read More
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