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When FedEx announced last week that it plans to launch residential delivery seven days a week for most of the United States, effective January 2020 in an effort to “further serve the fast-growing e-commerce market,” it was viewed as big news, and that very much remains the case just a few days later. It is hard not to see it any other way, it seems, given that the e-commerce clearly continues to take a lasting hold on how we shop, coupled...

As if things were not tough enough for global ocean carriers these days, meeting shippers’ service and contractual expectations continues to decline,according to the third annual shipper satisfaction survey conducted by the London-based consultancy, Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council.

With the Jones Act under fire, it's time once again to consider the advantages of having a ready U.S. Merchant Marine

While USMCA has still not been formally signed into law, it has the attention of the freight railroad sector, to be sure. And that was presented in a very detailed letter sent to the Members of the United States Congress from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and its undersigned Class I freight railroad members.

Recently, I was moderating a panel discussion at a conference for company presidents and CEOs with two supply chain leaders—Mark Holifield, EVP, Supply Chain at Home Depot, and Tracy Rosser, former SVP, Transportation for Walmart. I invited them to the conference so they could share how Home Depot and Walmart use their supply chains as a competitive advantage and a key element in achieving outstanding financial results.

A rare alliance in the ocean cargo industry – comprising shippers, terminals operators, dockside labor and port authorities – has taken form recently in response to problems posed by what will soon become the city’s sole remaining major professional sports franchise.

Last week in this space the topic of imminent additional tariffs to be placed on United States-bound imports out of China, part and parcel of the seemingly interminable U.S.-China trade war, was front and center. Well, those tariffs, to the tune of 25% on around $200 billion worth of Chinese goods and products, coupled with President Trump recently saying he is ready to further up the ante, with a 25% tariff on more Chinese imports were met, not unexpectedly, with retaliatory...

While most of the alarm over trade war escalation with China has been expressed by leading U.S. retailers and manufacturers dependent on imports, another prominent voice is being raised by the nation’s largest association representing agricultural exporters.

A repeal of the $7.6 billion rescission included in the current U.S. surface transportation law, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, could be spell big trouble for the already fragile state of U.S. transportation infrastructure.

On the eve of threatened tariff increases, all three major ocean cargo gateways in California are reporting record container throughput numbers for April.

That feeling that the United States-China “trade war” was going to come to some kind of a mutually beneficial resolution by late May or early June does not exactly seem like such a given, based on recent, you guessed it, Tweets issued by President Trump, right?

“We are at a critical juncture in our cybersecurity journey, as more decision makers in the public and private sector recognize the benefits of investing in next-generation technology designed for security to make progress on addressing previously intractable threats, instead of relying solely on people or legacy technology,”

Lately, it seems odd when there is not any news coming about logistics inroads being made by global e-commerce bellwether Amazon. If it is not announcing a pending rollout of one-day free shipping for Amazon Prime members, then it is its entrance into the highly competitive truckload brokerage market, which came to light this week, according to various reports.

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an updated “Strategic Plan” for the port, laying out key goals and objectives.

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged freighter Maersk Alabama. It was the first time in more than 200 years that pirates had boarded an American-flagged vessel.

For more than a little while, much has been made of what has been viewed as strong economic growth. To what degree, though, varies based on the person or the source. According to President Trump, as per his State of the Union speech in February, the economy is experiencing “an economic miracle,” whereas others note that while things have been relatively solid and stable, there are also some causes for concern.

Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, recently christened the second of two Aloha Class containerships representing the largest vessels to have been built in the United States.

When the White House issued its fiscal 2020 budget proposal last month, some attention was given to the transportation infrastructure allocations, despite transportation infrastructure being somewhat ostensibly “lost in the shuffle” in political circles inside the Beltway. And after talking with some key Washington-based transportation infrastructure experts not long after this budget proposal was released, it was, and remains clear, that an effective funding mechanism is key to ensure long-term success for transportation infrastructure in the U.S.

New research compiled by analysts and associations reveals new disruptive forces are complicating procurement and distribution strategies worldwide. More precise forecasting analytics are gaining traction as a consequence.

A close eye on Amazon's current and next moves and adjusting last mile strategies are major cogs to supply chain success.