Logistics

British Forwarders Say It's Too Soon to Speculate on 'Brexit' Effect on Trade Procedures

June 27, 2016

Following the announcement that the UK will be leaving the European Union, the trade association that represents UK freight forwarders says in the run-up to that exit it will campaign to ensure that the movement of the UK's visible import and export trade does not become unduly burdened by overly complicated trade procedures.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Ponders Whether to Break Group Into Separate Companies

June 27, 2016

Maritime Executive

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk could be split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

For E-Tailers Today, the Box Is as Important as Its Contents

June 27, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

In the world of e-commerce, the packaging is more than just a box. It's meant to "inspire and inform" consumers.

Officer Shortage to Ease as Growth in Global Shipping Fleets Continues to Slow

June 24, 2016

Drewry

Slowing growth in the size of the shipping fleet will reduce the shortage of officers over the coming years, according to the latest Manning report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Diesel Predicted to Lose Its Dominant Position Among Class 8 Vehicles by 2021

June 23, 2016

ACT Research

In 2015, diesel engines made up 98.5 percent of the North American Class 8 vehicle market, but the forecast expects this dominance to lessen by 2021, according to a report by Americas Commercial Transportation (ACT) Research and Rhein Associates.

Global Pallet Manufacturing, Use Driven by Four Main Trends

June 23, 2016

Technavio

The top four emerging trends driving the global pallet market are greater emphasis on automation processes and use of new technologies, vertical integration by companies, growing preference for block pallets, and the rise in power of pallet pooling companies, according to Technavio transportation and logistics research analysts.

NetSuite Provides Unified Cloud Platform for Large Distributor

June 22, 2016

Challenge: A distributor of industrial equipment found itself saddled with siloed applications running in a fragmented IT environment that provided little visibility. Productivity suffered as staff had to manually process, import and export data across multiple systems, and a lack of real-time client information was causing needless delays and lost opportunities for sales and customer service.

Minimum Order Thresholds Drive Third of U.K. Online Consumers to Other Retailers, Study Says

June 22, 2016

JDA

Nearly a third (31 percent) of UK online shoppers shopped elsewhere as a result of encountering minimum order thresholds, according to the JDA/Centiro Customer Pulse 2016 Report conducted by YouGov.

LTL Secrets Revealed: How Small Shippers Use Collaborative Strategies to Reduce High LTL Costs

June 21, 2016

Kane is Able

Integrate Contract Packaging with Distribution Operations for Dramatic Savings

June 21, 2016

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Logistics

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