European Logistics: From one crisis to the next
March 31, 2022
Europe’s transport and logistics industry faces new challenges.
Q&A: Glenn Koepke, GM, Network Collaboration, FourKites
March 16, 2022
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Glenn Koepke, GM, Network Collaboration, for Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms. Koepke provided Berman with an overview of the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on North American supply chain and logistics operations, rates, capacity, and other topics.
National diesel average sets a new record high, for the week of March 7, reports EIA
March 8, 2022
The national average, for the week of March 7, came in at $4.849 per gallon, a new high, according to EIA data, topping the previous record, of $4.764, which was set the week of July 14, 2008.
Industry stakeholders highlight logistics and supply chain impacts of Russia-Ukraine conflict
March 4, 2022
Given the fluidity, uncertainty, and unrest this situation has created, things are anything but predictable, at this point in time, save for a healthy dose of speculation and forecasting, as to how things may play out in the short-term and also how long this conflict could last and continue to foster the unknown in a sense.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creates myriad supply chain issues and challenges
February 25, 2022
The supply chain-related impacts of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine are already significant, due to a whole host of different factors, to be sure. Among those factors, according to various reports, are increasing oil prices, which could be hedged as the White House considers releasing oil from the nation’s strategic oil reserves, should prices escalate, according to a New York Times report, with Russia is the No. 3 producer of oil, after the United States and Saudi Arabia, pumping roughly 10%...
