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Shipping, Trucking

How Fragile Supply Chains Caused KFC’s Chicken Shortage

  • April 6, 2018
This February, KFC experienced its worst nightmare: being a chicken restaurant with no chicken. Hundreds of KFC restaurants in the UK were forced to close for up to a week following a catastrophic breakdown of operations that saw frustrated customers calling the police, desperate franchise managers furtively buying chicken from supermarkets, and thousands of pounds […]
International, Shipping

Transatlantic Reliability is Plummeting. Here’s Why.

  • March 30, 2018
In recent months, shippers and freight forwarders have noticed a precipitous drop in the reliability of transatlantic carrier schedules. According to JOC, in 2017, reliability on westbound transatlantic routes fell 10.5 percent to 67.4 percent, while eastbound routes fell 10.6 percent, to land at 70.2 percent reliability. The first few months of 2018 have been […]
Shipping, Technology

Could Electric Barges Give Shipping a Clean Boost?

  • February 16, 2018
This summer, the world’s first battery-powered barges will take to the waterways of Belgium and the Netherlands, transporting cargo while reducing emissions. The rollout will begin with only five barges, but electric technology has the potential to dramatically alter inland waterway shipping here in the US, if lawmakers, barge operators, and logistics management companies are […]
Industry News, Trucking

2018 Trucking Rates: Advice for Shippers

  • February 12, 2018
Across the US, trucking rates have been hovering at record highs for months and show no signs of coming down. The higher rates and limited capacity are the result of a perfect storm of factors, some of which were unforeseeable, while others have been on the horizon for months or even years. Shippers who are […]
International, Trucking

Trucking Capacity Out of Balance at US-Mexico Border

  • December 4, 2017
The trade imbalance between the United States and Mexico is an immensely complex issue, but for shippers trying to move their goods north across the border, it’s quite simple. For them, the imbalance boils down to the fact that for every truckload of goods exported to Mexico, there are at least three more headed north, […]
Shipping

Are Poor Shipper-Carrier Relationships Costing Your Bottom Line?

  • August 18, 2017
Relationships are the foundation of a well-functioning supply chain, but when it comes to relationships between shippers and carriers, there is often room for improvement. For years, friction between carriers and shippers has simply been the status quo, but major changes to the logistics landscape mean that it’s more important than ever that both parties […]
Industry News, Shipping

Wal-Mart’s “On-Time, In-Full” Program Punishes Late/Early Shippers

  • August 4, 2017
Wal-Mart is launching its “On-Time, In-Full” (OTIF) initiative this month, putting the squeeze on shippers and truckers and likely starting an industry-wide push towards tighter delivery windows. OTIF demands that truckload deliveries arrive with 100 percent of the promised cargo, and be delivered on the “must-arrive-by” date 75 percent of the time (95 percent by […]
Industry News, Trucking

In Search of Stability, Trucking Moves to Dedicated

  • July 28, 2017
Dedicated trucking’s popularity is on the rise, as both shippers and carriers embrace it as a way to guarantee capacity and escape the volatility that has engulfed the industry as a whole. According to A.C. Kearney’s 2017 State of Logistics Report (subtitled “Accelerating into Uncertainty”), spending on dedicated and private fleets has risen 0.7 percent […]
Industry News

No Vacancy. Soaring Costs for US Warehouses

  • July 21, 2017
The unprecedented scarcity of US warehouse and distribution space is driving prices up and forcing shippers to develop innovative solutions. According to JOC, warehouse rental prices have risen 10% over last year in coastal markets (New York-New Jersey, Long Beach, and Los Angeles) with rates in smaller markets following close behind. Warehouse space is all […]
Shipping

Optimizing Your Freight Spend

  • June 30, 2017
“How do I optimize my freight budget?” This is one of the first questions every business owner asks a logistics professional, and the first step is educating yourself about your specific needs in the current freight environment. All too often, businesses treat their transportation budgets as a chore or an afterthought, but they can be ripe […]