Global Logistics

Alibaba Launches Blockchain Initiative to Track Food Delivery

May 7, 2018

Despite the continued buzz around the potential for blockchain technology to enhance data security in the supply chain, the airfreight industry has seen a slow start to creating tangible application. But last week, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba put its word into action by premiering its own blockchain-encrypted platform, the Food Trust Framework.

Warehouses Are ‘Getting Too Exciting’ in E-Commerce Age, Zell Says

May 7, 2018

Bloomberg

Investor interest in building and acquiring warehouses in the age of Amazon.com Inc. is overheating, and there might be more distribution centers created than there will be tenants to fill them, billionaire Sam Zell said.

Tinker, Tailor, Robot Maker: In China, Trade War Threat Casts Long Shadow

May 7, 2018

Reuters

At its high-tech laboratories in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, Beike Biotechnology is developing medical robots that could help treat cancer. It has big plans to export these to markets like the United States.

Cold Shipping in Hot Demand as the World Craves More Fresh Food

May 4, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

One of the shipping industry’s hottest markets is cold boxes.

Nikola, a Tesla Competitor, Scores Big Electric Truck Order From Anheuser-Busch

May 4, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Anheuser-Busch, which ordered 40 electric semi trucks from Tesla last December, on Thursday upped its bet on a green fleet by placing a substantially larger order with a competitor.

Trump’s Solar Tariffs Cause a Scramble in the Industry

May 4, 2018

The New York Times

SunPower is the nation’s No. 2 commercial solar-power company, employing thousands of workers directly and indirectly. But it makes most of its solar panels abroad, and with the tariffs recently imposed by President Trump costing it as much as $2m a week, SunPower is fighting for an exemption.

Analysis: Africa Needs to Tackle Port Congestion

May 3, 2018

Maritime Executive

Africa needs to take advantage of the economic potential of its ports if it is to realize its growth ambitions, and investment is not always about building new ports or terminals. That's one of the key findings in a recent analysis of port development in sub-Saharan Africa issued by PwC.

Hyperloop Technology Surges Forward With Cargospeed Partnership

May 3, 2018

Air Cargo World

DP World and Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One this week launched their partnership, DP World Cargospeed — a venture intended to spearhead the development of hyperloop technology in the Middle East for the transportation of cargo.

More Than Half of Companies Aren't Prepared to Use Today's Top Technologies

May 3, 2018

Fortune

In 2013, Michael Dell shocked the world by taking his namesake computer company private in the largest leveraged buyout since the Great Depression. He shocked it again in 2015 when he announced that the Texas company would merge with Massachusetts’ EMC, another tech industry stalwart, in one of the biggest deals in business, worth $67.7bn.

Opinion: Trump Tariffs Aren't the Only Cause of Supply Chain Unreliability

May 2, 2018

Paul Martyn, Forbes contributor

Say what you will about the Trump Administration, but it certainly hasn’t shied away from most talk about trade: In early 2017, just months after taking office, Trump sounded the alarm about a perceived trade deficits, starting with Canada of all places.

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