Manufacturing in Vietnam: capacity shifts, tariff avoidance, tariff evasion
| July 22, 2019 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Producers are shifting capacity from China to Southeast Asia and logistics companies are responding with increasing investments but U.S. authorities are looking out for tariff cheats.
Designer fish
| July 22, 2019 | Logistics | Ports & Terminals
Virginia TCL provider plays key role in producing and distributing Martha Stewart seafood line.
Does the US face freight recession?
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics
According to A. Duie Pyle logistics executive Frank Granieri, logistics companies are right now running a little “gun shy” with the economic uncertainties of the trade war.
Optoro software tackles reverse logistics
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics | Shipping Technology
Cardboard pallets offer green solution
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics
The wooden pallet has created a reverse logistics sinkhole of enormous proportions.
Six River Systems’ “cobots” work the niche of smaller DCs
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics | Shipping Technology
Six Rivers Systems specializes in robots that operate in fulfillment centers. The Waltham, Mass.-based robot manufacturer launched its first robot in 2016 with software designed for picking, but sees returns as a growing market further down the road.
Putting forward reverse logistics
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics
One of the greatest challenges to warehouse management isn’t getting product out the door but handling it when it comes back.
Here comes the bride’s gown… Garforth weds humor and ruthlessness in evolving David’s Bridal supply chain
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics | People | Industry Profiles
Celebrating a perfect marriage of humor and ruthlessness, Diane Garforth is cheerfully and diligently leading logistics enhancements at America’s largest bridal retailer.
Amazon’s warehouses: The power of randomness
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics
Back in the old days, file cabinets stored information in an orderly, alphabetic and/or numeric, fashion.
Virginia: A tight market for distribution space could see improvement
| June 24, 2019 | Logistics
It should not come as a huge surprise that big companies like Dollar Tree and Lumber Liquidators center their East Coast distribution operations in Virginia. Amazon also has a major fulfillment center there, in the state capital of Richmond.
Uncertain times for Mexican auto manufacturing
Trump tariffs loom large for ro/ro business
| June 24, 2019 | Maritime | Bulk
On June 8, President Donald Trump suspended the tariffs he had threatened on all imports from Mexico, a move that could have wreaked havoc on Mexico’s manufacturing sector and the North American auto business generally.
AJOT’s Top 100 Containerports A to Z
| June 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Top 100 container ports by TUE listed in alphabetical order
Prince Rupert’s ambitious target - become Canada’s second largest port
| June 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
It was barely a decade ago that Don Krusel, then chief executive of a remote, long-struggling bulk port in northern British Columbia (population 13,000), launched a bold blueprint that surprised many marine industry observers: a container terminal to foster trade between North America and Asia.
Paying for US port infrastructure today and tomorrow
| June 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
No group knows more about U.S. ports than the Washington, D.C.-based American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). Perhaps the thorniest problem facing U.S. port authorities is how to pay for both the maintenance of existing infrastructure and the improvements to facilities both on the water and landside in the future. The following questions proffered by the AJOT were answered by the AAPA staff.
Tradepoint Atlantic turning mill site into world-class inland port facility
| May 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Dynamic diverse commerce in Baltimore County is by no means limited to Maryland Port Administration facilities, as Tradepoint Atlantic continues buildout of a first-rate inland port on a 3,250-acre site that had been home to steelmaking since the 19th century.
Port of Baltimore looks to build on diverse record achievements
| May 24, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
With advancement of a long-awaited rail tunnel project and additional 50-foot-depth berthing on the way, the Maryland Port Administration’s Port of Baltimore is positioning to continue its trend of record-setting growth across diverse sectors.
Trump’s tariffs: the soy saga continues
| May 24, 2019 | International Trade
Of the $20 billion of U.S. agricultural exports to China that became subject to new tariffs in 2018, over $10 billion were applied to soybean exports. Those numbers reveal that U.S. farmers exported more soybeans to China than all other agricultural products combined. Farmers have historically exported 60% of all their total soybean production, half of that to China.
Trade war means outbound shipments way down at NWSA, Port of Oakland
| May 24, 2019 | International Trade
In 2018, China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on $250 billion of United States imports by retaliating against $110 billion of U.S. exports. Almost all U.S. farm exports to China became subject to retaliation last year.
Canada’s vibrant canola industry under attack from China
| May 24, 2019 | International Trade
Is Canada’s canola business a pawn in the U.S.-China trade dispute? Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks so.
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