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Express rail deliveries increase along the Silk Road Economic Belt

Automotive Logistics

Long distance rail connections are central to this trade and, at the Automotive Logistics Global Shanghai conference last week, speakers from China Railway International and Beijing Changjiu Logistics talked about the latest developments for vehicle and parts shipments on the China Railway Express (CR Express) between China and Europe.

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Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2017: Digitization & E-Commerce continue to reshape the marketplace

The Logistics Academy

Over the course of 2016, real revenue and volume growth in the air and sea freight forwarding markets was remarkably similar globally, but this disguises significant differences across important countries and regions, say analysts who keep a close eye on the market. DB Schenker and uShip, for example. Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders.

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How Carriers Can Stand Out from the Competition

Logistics Manager

However, with the abolishment of the conference system and as carriers began sharing space on vessels, carrier services and offerings became narrower in scope. Through the abysmal results of 2016 and year’s prior, carriers have been reeling and are only now beginning to find their footing again. Training for Future Success.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. The first batch of containers was accepted in May 2016, with the final batch coming off the assembly line in June 2016, well ahead of the contracted delivery date.

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

Unfortunately, this amount of time equates to a higher cost of waiting for more drivers to finish their training, thus driving up trucking rates. told the conference. I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp. “It sends everything into a tailspin. .

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. April 26, 2016 (today) marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy.

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More on The Future of Delivery (Takeaways from MercuryGate Velocity 2017 User Conference)

Talking Logistics

A notable exception is MercuryGate (a Talking Logistics sponsor), which was founded 17 years ago and recently held its annual user conference in Las Vegas. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘The Future of Delivery,” which I love because it raises a lot of questions and possibilities (see my recent post on the topic).