AMR Research - Top 25 Supply Chains
It's that time of year again. AMR Research recently released their list of the top 25 global supply chains and for the second year in a row Apple Computer has claimed the top spot. The methodology for ranking the top 25 is based on something AMR calls Demand Driven Performance. Which, according to their website, "means global supply chains built to serve customers with both operational and innovation excellence". The Demand Driven Performance is made up of various financial metrics including inventory turns, revenue growth, and the opinions of AMR analysts and company peers. The Supply Chain Top 25 ...
ATA court victory: What happens next? An interview with Curtis Whelan
On March 20th, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the ATA in its lawsuit against the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach concerning certain controversial portions of their Clean Truck Programs. Namely, the Port of Los Angeles' requirement that would ban owner-operators and force all drivers to be employees, as well as the concession agreements with the ports that would have regulated many aspects of trucking companies operations, such as parking restrictions, financial disclosures, etc. The Court of Appeals sent the case back down to the District Court with instructions for the District Court to ...
Breaking News: Court rules against LA/Long Beach Clean Truck Program
Via TheTrucker.com: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) today in its lawsuit seeking an injunction against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Concession Plans. The three-judge panel ruled unanimously to remand the case to the U.S. District Court and indicated that the judge should grant the ATA an injunction against all or part of the concession plans. “In short, motor carriers should not be required to adhere to the various unconstitutional provisions in the Ports’ [concession] agreements, and are likely to suffer irrevocably if forced to do that or ...
Don’t Neglect Supply Chain Security: Interview with Mark Storen
As global trade has tanked along with, well, everything else, importers and exporters are hunkering down and slashing costs in an effort to survive the downturn. In these trying economic times, while it's important to stay focused on the fundamentals of your business, don't neglect other important areas such as Supply Chain Security. Recently we had the opportunity to discuss this very subject with noted Supply Chain Security expert Mark Storen, founder and President of Tectus (www.tectus-solutions.com), a consulting firm focused in supply chain security, logistics and compliance. Mark's career has moved among these disciplines for 25 years. Previously, ...
Report from 2009 Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference (TPM): Ron Widdows speech
On Monday, March 2, Ron Widdows, President and CEO of NOL Group, parent of APL, gave the keynote speech at the 9th annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference. His comments on the global economic slowdown were anything but rosy. In his speech, Mr. Widdows painted a rather grim picture of the future - IF the responses by both governments and companies were not adequate or timely enough to turn things around. "Whether it's a recession, whether we're headed for a depression, whatever you want to call it, we're certainly seeing a big play on the world that we haven't seen before.," said ...
Prince Rupert Port Authority: An interview with Shaun Stevenson
Update March 5, 2009. This post was originally published during September of 2008. One of the interesting new developments in the world of ocean trade has been the opening of the Prince Rupert Port Authority's Fairview Container Terminal in October 2007 with their intermodal connection to the rest of Canada and the U.S. Midwest, offering an alternative gateway for those destinations vs. LA/Long Beach. With the recent labor disruptions on the West Coast, particularly in LA/Long Beach, during the PMA/ILWU contract negotiations, not to mention the increased cost of doing business there, a lot of people have been looking ...
2009 Top 10 Freest Economies : Heritage Foundation Report
The Heritage Foundation in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal has released their 2009 Index of Economic Freedom report. The report covers 183 countries across 10 specific freedoms such as Business Freedom, Trade Freedom, Fiscal Freedom, Government Size, Monetary Freedom, Investment Freedom, Financial Freedom, Property Rights, Freedom from Corruption, and Labour Freedom. For the 15th year in a row the freest economy belongs to Hong Kong. Here are the top 10: 1. Hong Kong 2. Singapore 3. Australia 4. Ireland 5. New Zealand 6. United States 7. Canada 8. Denmark 9. Switzerland 10. United Kingdom The United States dropped ...
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Los Angeles, Long Beach port traffic results for May
The May volume numbers for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are in and they...
MOL to Move North American Headquarters
According to a company press release, Mitsui O.S.K. lines has decided to relocate...
Ocean rates continue to drop
Ocean rates are continuing to drop especially on the Eastbound Transpacific trade...
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Qantas Freight expands into Vietnam
According to a company press release, Qantas Freight has started a new weekly Boeing...
Delta Airlines is back in the all cargo business…
…thanks to a recently announced joint venture with the Air France KLM group....
ATA Reports Decline in Air Cargo
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) reported today that both passenger...
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Top Supply Chain Programs - Logistics Degrees
If you are anything like me and you have been in the logistics/supply chain industry for quite sometime, then you have probably given some thought to obtaining and advanced logistics degree or graduate certificate in supply chain management. AMR Research has recently published their list of the top universities offering degrees in supply chain... [Read more of this review]
Geodis-IBM logistics acquisition: win-win for both?
It’s not all gloom and doom out there - deals are still happening and this announced deal is huge. IBM gets, presumably, a huge chunk of change selling its global logistics operations and Geodis in turn acquires a EUR 1 billion/year client under a multi-year agreement. IBM sees a nice influx of cash to its short term bottom line and hopefully... [Read more of this review]
Railroad shipping: weekly cargo volumes down
Its both carload freight volumes and intermodal traffic that’s down. Via Logistics Management: Weekly carload freight, which does not include intermodal data was 309,099 cars, down 9.1 percent from the same timeframe last year. And carload freight loadings were down 6.5 percent in the West and 12.8 percent in the East. Intermodal loadings, which... [Read more of this review]
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How well do you know your Incoterms?
Think you have a fairly good grasp on your Incoterms? I thought I did until I took the “challenge” from www.tradefacil.com. You can take the challenge here (registration required). Drop us a line and let us know how you did. Read More →
Incoterms: DDP - Delivered Duty Paid
DDP DDP - Delivered Duty Paid - is another useful incoterm that can be used with any mode of transport. It is very similar to DDU except that with DDP the seller is also responsible for all import customs formalities and duty and for final delivery of the goods to the buyer at the named place of destination. Basically, with DDP, the buyer carries... [Read more of this review]
Incoterms: DDU - Delivery Duty Unpaid
DDU - Delivery Duty Unpaid - Is a fairly common incoterm and can be used for any mode of transport. Under DDU terms the seller is responsible for making the goods available to the buyer at a named place of destination but not cleared for import. The seller is also responsible for all the costs involved to deliver the goods to the named place of... [Read more of this review]
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