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Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy

MTS Logistics

For example, for a small container ship between 0 and 4,000 TEUs, the unloading and loading time is three times higher than the most-efficient port. The main motivation of automation as I gave in the example above is productivity gains and lower handling costs. To give one example of the labor cost on the U.S.

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A Step Towards a Cleaner Future with the Latest IMO Regulations Now in Effect

MTS Logistics

Some new IMO regulations in the shipping industry went into effect earlier this year. The goals are 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050. But, of course, the shipping industry will the feel the growing pains of these new regulations significantly more. How is a ship’s emissions efficiency calculated and determined?

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Sustainability Now Central To Last-Mile Delivery

Blue Grace Logistics

While the transportation industry is highly dependent on fossil fuels, there are several sustainability solutions to achieve a reduction in emissions, the benefits of improved fuel efficiency, and a lower logistics carbon footprint. The impact of the transportation industry on emissions and sustainability. Aerodynamic retrofits.

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Sustainability Now Central To Last-Mile Delivery

Blue Grace Logistics

While the transportation industry is highly dependent on fossil fuels, there are several sustainability solutions to achieve a reduction in emissions, the benefits of improved fuel efficiency, and a lower logistics carbon footprint. The impact of the transportation industry on emissions and sustainability. Aerodynamic retrofits.

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5 Ways Technology Can Help Logistics Companies Tackle New Year Demand

Locus

The many benefits of technology include increased speed of identification, reliable, accurate and quick data gathering, processing, analysis and transmission. billion USD , and expected to reach 80 percent of the global population by 2030, the promise of enhanced speed and coverage will hold.

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

A detailed report on automation released in late November by global management consultancy McKinsey & Company made the bold prediction that “ Automation could kill 73,000,000 US jobs by 2030.” For example, grocery store customers have been accustomed to bagging their groceries for at least a decade. Should we tax automation?

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s put a major multinational – Saint-Gobain – under the microscope to illustrate how this kind of analysis. Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. Who is Saint-Gobain? Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.