IKEA asks courts to intervene as Convoy’s unpaid truckers send flurry of invoices
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 5, 2024
Truckers for Convoy can't get paid for their work for IKEA.
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Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 5, 2024
Truckers for Convoy can't get paid for their work for IKEA.
Supply Chain and Logistics
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Cooperation on emissions reduction is essential, and the Maersk-Inditex agreement for shipping is a signal to the world.
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Supply Chain and Logistics
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Drewry has an insightful article on the problems the Panama Canal is facing due to the extended drought that has compromised its water supply.
Supply Chain and Logistics
AUGUST 7, 2023
Ship It Zero is a collective of US environmental groups. It has designed a new scorecard, with separate metrics for shippers and ocean carriers, for decarbonization efforts. Many shippers, such as Costco, scored very low.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JULY 30, 2023
Meet Michael Webber: Unmasking the Secrets of Corporate Governance in Ocean Shipping since 2016. His Annual Scorecard Reveals All - Good, Bad, and Ugly. Discover How Investors Are Reacting to Low Ratings and Why IPOS are Failing. Unraveling the Tangled Web of Related Party Transactions for Shareholder's Benefit. Shipping's Image on Wall Street Improving - Thanks to Webber's Rankings!
Supply Chain and Logistics
JULY 14, 2023
Bureau Veritas (BV) has produced a feasibility study to estimate the usefulness of carbon capture from marine engines. BV is a multinational risk management insurer and classification society with a strong maritime profile.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JUNE 29, 2023
Sam Chambers continues to provide updates on actions related to sanctions due to the Ukraine War. It’s important to close up loopholes in the sanctions, and one of them is ship-to-ship transfers of Russian oil that avoid visibility through AIS.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JUNE 22, 2023
This account of the aftermath of the Pablo explosion on May 1 is chilling. Three crew were killed. But now no one is standing up to take charge of disposal of the wreck, much less the other damages it caused.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JUNE 5, 2023
Recent West Coast port labor actions indicate talks are not going well, and are hung up on wages.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 23, 2023
Tankers wishing to skirt the sanctions rules for petroleum transport are migrating to registry in Gabon, a country in West Africa.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 20, 2023
I found this article very informative. It’s from Bureau Veritas, a classification society based in the EU. It makes very clear how the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) will work for the maritime industry.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 17, 2023
Drewry’s has an interesting Container Insight feature that clearly shows how container lines can add ships to their fleet and maintain a fixed effective capacity on a route. The essence of it in simplest form is to go more slowly.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 15, 2023
The West Australia – East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor Consortium has released a study showing the way for a green corridor to use ammonia fuel.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 10, 2023
When containers go by rail to or from ports, we would expect that any detention or storage fees would fall under the Surface Transportation Board (STB) which governs rail traffic in the US.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 8, 2023
ESG is an emerging concern for the maritime industry. And often the focus is on the E for environment. But the S for social good is equally important, and demands more attention.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MAY 7, 2023
Stockholm will launch the world’s first self-driving passenger ferry, powered entirely by electricity. The ferry will run between the Stockholm islands of Kungsholmen and Sodermalm, starting in June, 2023. The company Zeabuz was started to operate the ferries.
Supply Chain and Logistics
APRIL 23, 2023
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a US-based classification society, has announced that it is developing simulations of potential green maritime shipping corridors.
Supply Chain and Logistics
APRIL 17, 2023
This useful article indicates the different types of use for tankers that trade grey products, which are either sanctioned oil, or Russian products which are not sanctioned but are subject to a price cap.
Supply Chain and Logistics
APRIL 16, 2023
The story documented here is unfortunately all too common today. Truckers are routinely mistreated by trucking firms like this one in the story. And they keep going out of business then reopening and doing the same thing.
Supply Chain and Logistics
APRIL 13, 2023
Forwarders are pointing to a problem in how trains get made up that is causing delays to cargoes. The use of very long trains is posing some problems a lot like using very large container vessels.
Supply Chain and Logistics
APRIL 11, 2023
This article compliments Maersk on their efforts to build a methanol-powered ship, and deploy it in the Baltic running on green methanol.
Supply Chain and Logistics
APRIL 10, 2023
This article is useful for understanding how the global shipping trades are behaving now. Apparently many operators of ships are willing to participate in trade with the Russia and China bloc.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 30, 2023
Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) are big in the news right now, after a study seemed to indicate that they did not prevent accidents.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 28, 2023
Nick Savvides updates us on the Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act (OCAEA), which has been sponsored in the US Congress.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 24, 2023
This article discusses the many ways in which truck freight is arranged in the US.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 17, 2023
Another Green Corridor is in the making. California and Japan signed a letter of intent (LOI) to establish a green corridor, and also implement some zero-emission infrastructure.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 16, 2023
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Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 11, 2023
Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet (think Google), is pioneering a new delivery model. Drones pick up packages and deliver them via a network of landing pads and charging stations. They can handle multiple deliveries point-to-point without returning to the base.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 9, 2023
Here is an interesting take on the Ohio train wreck.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 8, 2023
Supply chain risk is in the news every day now, and awareness has grown exponentially since COVID, though many risks supply chains face have been with us forever.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 8, 2023
Here’s an innovation that’s going to be popular at container terminals. It’s a fixed set of frames allowing containers to be stacked in individual pigeonholes. They’re placed and removed by stacker cranes running through the aisles.
Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 6, 2023
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Supply Chain and Logistics
MARCH 2, 2023
When there’s a big train wreck, things are handled differently in Greece. Transport minister Kostas Karamanlis has resigned as a result of this wreck. It’s different in the US.
Supply Chain and Logistics
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
It’s no wonder that US intermodal traffic is declining. Poor service from the railroads has made using any system that involves a transfer an invitation to delays. And shippers can’t afford delays.
Supply Chain and Logistics
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Here we see another bet on ammonia power. One partner is the Swiss firm WinGD, which has a long history of providing power for merchant shipping. Their website gives no indication that they have a hydrogen or ammonia-powered engine yet.
Supply Chain and Logistics
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
I’ve been waiting to publish this for quite a while, I know, but I think it’s an important issue. For smaller shippers and carriers, like small independent trucking firms, cash flow is extremely important.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 30, 2023
Jeff Hartman 1/30/2023 One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much b t. ~Harry G.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 26, 2023
According to this consultant, many ships will need to be recycled as a result of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s new carbon intensity indicator (CII) rule. And there isn’t enough recycling capacity to handle them all.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 25, 2023
With all the talk of breaking up the alliances, this decision by Maersk and MSC is smart. Each line now has a ready answer for regulators, both in the EU and the US.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 24, 2023
Shifting to greener fuels sounds easier than it is. The supply chains for common maritime fuels such as HSFO and marine gasoil are highly developed and complex.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 14, 2023
Shipper complaints about demurrage and detention (D&D) charges by carriers have been many, especially over the Coronavirus period, when many facilities were congested and supply lines were overloaded.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 8, 2023
A few dishonest truck cargo brokers are making it necessary for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to tighten rules for all brokers.
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 3, 2023
By Jeff Hartman – January 3, 2023 The STB, struggling since inception in 1995 to develop a fast, affordable, and reasonable method that provides relief to rail shippers challenging unfair rates in “small” zero-sum disputes in which a single railroad … Continue reading →
Supply Chain and Logistics
NOVEMBER 26, 2022
Deep sea box ports are a good idea. They don’t take up valuable land space, and they don’t pollute regions where people live. They’re cheaper to build, and can be connected by rail and truck to land.
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