Global Logistics

Paper Planes: What's Keeping Air Cargo Carriers From Automating?

March 24, 2014

Fast and innovative: that's the image conveyed by the air cargo industry. So why is it lagging so badly when it comes to automating documentation and standardizing key procedures?

Accellos Integrates With MS Dynamics GP; Issues WMS Update

March 21, 2014

Accellos Inc.

AccellosOne Ship, the shipping module from Accellos Inc., has been integrated with AccellosOne Collect for Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Who Needs An American Merchant Marine?

March 21, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Should we allow U.S.-flag merchant shipping to go the way of the passenger pigeon, the wooly mammoth and the Great Auk?

Yusen Logistics Expands Operations in Cambodia, Thailand

March 20, 2014

Yusen Logistics

Yusen Logistics (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. has acquired a customs license from the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance, allowing the company to offer customs clearance for Cambodian imports and exports.

Why Do U.S.-Owned Private Maritime Security Teams Keep Getting in Hot Water?

March 20, 2014

Maritime Executive

Why do U.S.-owned private maritime security teams continually get in trouble on ships overseas? Does the U.S. adhere to a lower standard than the rest of the world when it comes to private maritime security? The answers may surprise you.

Pegasus TransTech Enhances Transflo Mobile App

March 19, 2014

Pegasus TransTech Corp.

Pegasus TransTech Corp., a vendor of document-scanning applications for the transportation industry, has released a new version of Transflo Mobile.

Lufthansa Cargo Adds Freighters to Milan

March 19, 2014

Lufthansa Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo has added Milan to its network of freighter services.

Will Ocean Carriers Scuttle Their Future (Again)?

March 18, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It looks as though we're in for a year of continued economic recovery and job growth, however gradual. That should be good news for ocean carriers - assuming they don't undermine their own success by flooding the market with capacity, then engaging in rampant discounting to fill it.

IATA Releases New Edition of Manual for Cargo-XML Standards

March 14, 2014

International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the second edition of its Cargo-XML Manual and Toolkit.

Aramex Debuts Cold Supply Chain Solutions

March 13, 2014

Arabian Supply Chain

Aramex has launched a new cold supply chain service, available across all its MENA markets. Biocare, a solution for the healthcare sector, is designed to provide an end-to-end temperature-controlled delivery solution to move clinical specimens and medical samples domestically and globally for laboratories, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.

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