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Policy “unpredictability” a big issue for break carriers

Matt Miller | July 30, 2018 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

The Trump administration’s assault on global trade is rattling everyone up and down the supply chain. Shipping lines can easily get caught in the middle. They are scrambling to figure out how to respond long-term to an unsettled environment that can change in an instant with a tweet or a press conference.

Section 232 loomed large at New York Steel Conference

Manik Mehta | July 30, 2018 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

While U.S. steelmakers applauded the steel tariffs, there were many who saw the “age of protectionism” descending on America. Global trade could suffer collateral damage.

Port of Brownsville positions itself as a “gateway” to Mexico and Latin America

Manik Mehta | July 30, 2018 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

The mood at the “gateway” to Mexico and Latin America, as Port of Brownsville (PoB) likes to profile itself, is upbeat as it tries to implement its expansion plans, aided by the prospect of a number of big-ticket projects being set up on its land.

Large heavy haul consortium created in Eastern Canada

Leo Ryan | July 30, 2018 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

April marked the start-up of one of the largest heavy-hauling and oversized transportation consortiums in Eastern Canada, with all three partners based in or within close proximity to the St. Lawrence shipping corridor.

European ports are optimistic but fear trade war could disrupt shipping and cargo traffic

Manik Mehta | July 16, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Despite the optimism generally prevalent among most European ports, which have benefited in the past from the tailwinds accompanying world trade, representatives of these ports express concern over the possible impact of the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs on Trans-Atlantic trade and shipping.

Trump’s trade war squeezes perishables’ market

George Lauriat | July 16, 2018 | International Trade

Although only in early stages, the tit-for-tat exchange of retaliatory tariffs is setting up a food fight of epic proportions that will impact businesses large and small around the globe.

Neiman Marcus fashions luxury logistics with Weirich’s channel-agnosticpassion

Paul Scott Abbott | June 25, 2018 | International Trade | People | Industry Profiles

Delivering the luxury experience synonymous with the Neiman Marcus name demands consistent execution of consumer-satisfying logistics, and Willis Weirich is passionately committed to an agile, channel-agnostic approach that resonates positively with upscale customers.

Seattle startup Flexe, opens the doors to on-demand warehousing

Matt Miller | June 25, 2018 | Logistics

While automation and robotics are disrupting the traditional warehouse and threaten to upend the historic notion of a warehouse altogether, a Seattle-based startup called Flexe is fundamentally altering the approach businesses can take for their distribution needs. Flexe offers on-demand warehousing through an AirBnB-like network.

At the Ocado warehouse I Robot meets the grocery cart

Matt Miller | June 25, 2018 | Logistics

Warehousing around the globe is undergoing a dramatic change with the widespread introduction of automation. But as the Ocado facilities illustrate, warehouse automation is much more than conveyor belts and racks.

The Blocs building China’s Belt and Road

AJOT | June 25, 2018 | International Trade

The mass media are currently reporting with increasing frequency on these now more ‘open’ fractions largely because the rhetoric is now easier to sensationalise.

Puerto Rico reconstruction tenuous, despite major efforts

Peter Buxbaum | June 25, 2018 | International Trade

On June 14, 2018, the Puerto Rico Department of Health took delivery of three portable medical units provided by Clinics on Wheels, a new division of World Housing Solution Inc., to aid those still affected by Hurricane Maria

Latin America’s trade blocs – crumbling edifices or economic building blocks?

George Lauriat | June 25, 2018 | International Trade

Will interest in Latin America’s trade blocs help solidify the region’s economies? “Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.” Argentine poet, Jorge Luis Borges

The trade war almost no one wants…

George Lauriat | June 25, 2018 | International Trade

There are few manufacturing sectors as international in nature as the automotive industry. And as nearly everyone knows, a trade war isn’t good for a business whose supply chains griddle the globe like a roll of yarn. But…

Can Reefer Ro-Ro balance perishable logistics?

Matt Miller | June 25, 2018 | Maritime

The business of moving perishables is innately unbalanced. The cargo carried by Ro-Ro ships is also frequently head haul heavy. Can a Reefer Ro-Ro vessel balance the two legs?

Adaptability the key to Ro-Ro design

Matt Miller | June 25, 2018 | Maritime

The Ro-Ro (roll-on roll-off) design is inherently adaptable. But as Finn Wollesen, managing director for Knud E. Hansen explains in an interview with AJOT correspondent Matt Miller, there are many complexities to designing in the adaptability of a state-of-the-art Ro-Ro.

Kansas City builds on location as burgeoning distribution hub

Paul Scott Abbott | June 25, 2018 | Intermodal | Rail

The Kansas City area’s attraction for warehousing and distribution begins with the three most important attributes in real estate – location, location, location – and extends its fast-growing appeal to encompass such benefits as a dynamic workforce and comparatively low operating costs.

Agri-business: China plays its trump card

George Lauriat | May 21, 2018 | International Trade

Beijing’s assault on US agricultural exports is blatantly designed to get the Trump Administration’s attention.Tit for Tat. In early April, the USTR (United States Trade Representative) released a list of $50 billion worth of Chinese electronics, machinery and aerospace products for a recommended 25% import tariff. On April 2nd, immediately after the US steel and aluminum tariffs went into effect, China responded with tariffs on imports of 128 US product lines.

Transforming Thailand into an advanced economy

Peter Buxbaum | May 21, 2018 | International Trade

Government programs emphasize transportation and logistics. Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) mega-projects to address infrastructure issues.

Combilift launches new factory in Ireland

Matt Miller | May 21, 2018 | Logistics

Combilift’s new 500,000 sq/ft production facility in Monaghan, Ireland will enable the forklift and equipment manufacturer to keep pace with a diversified product demand.

Europeans on tenterhooks amid fears of outbreak of a trade war

Manik Mehta | May 21, 2018 | International Trade

Reporting from Frankfurt, Germany, AJOT correspondent Manik Mehta writes Europeans are unhappy with the Trump Administration’s moves on steel and aluminum, a policy being referred to as the “theater of the absurd” by an Austrian industrialist. Is this the prelude to a trade war?

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