Global Logistics

Ocean Piracy at Lowest Level Since 1995, Observers Report

July 27, 2016

Pirate attacks on shipping in the first half of 2016 are at the lowest level since 1995, even taking the recent spate of kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea and the Sulu Sea into account, says the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre.

GS1 Approves New Standard for Retail Product Identification

July 26, 2016

GS1

GS1 has collaborated with retail industry leaders on development and approval of the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) Management Standard.

Calculating Savings and Return for an Enterprise Transportation Optimization and Automation Solution

July 25, 2016

UltraShip TMS

Thoma Bravo Wraps Up Acquisition of Elemica

July 25, 2016

Elmica

Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Elemica, provider of a supply-chain operating network for the process industries.

Airfreight Industry Continues to Record Dismal Figures

July 25, 2016

Air Cargo World

Echoing the mid-year reports from several other aviation groups, Airports Council International (ACI) said air cargo tonnage was flat for the first five months of 2016, rising just 0.6 percent in May, year-over-year, and 0.2 percent, y-o-y, over the period of January to May 2015. Passenger traffic, however, was a different story, increasing by 4.6 percent, y-o-y in May.

Trans-Pacific Trade May See 18,000-TEU Vessels One Day

July 22, 2016

American Shipper

Big 18,000-TEU vessels may be coming to U.S. ports after all.

What Arrives in L.A. stays in L.A.: DC Bypass Strategies that Leverage the Largest U.S. Gateway

July 21, 2016

Port Logistics Group

Implementing New Ocean Container Weight Rule Went 'Fairly Smoothly'

July 21, 2016

American Shipper

Forget playing the blame game, the fraught implementation of container weighing rules came down to the fact that the container shipping industry has no single trusted information source.

FedEx First to Get Right to Conduct U.S.-Cuba Cargo Flights

July 21, 2016

Air Cargo World

As the thaw continues between the United States and Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation has granted FedEx the rights to operate a five-times-weekly freighter service between Miami and the city of Matanzas.

Is Dry Bulk Shipping Headed for a Breakdown?

July 20, 2016

Maritime Executive

For those in dry bulk shipping, the market since the beginning of 2014 has been the worst downturn since the mid-eighties. Access to finance and liquidity will likely continue to be a pressing corporate issue for ship owners until the markets recover, and the longer this takes the worse the situation will get.

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