Logistics

Cross-border freight forwarder Nuvocargo announced it has acquired Oncarriage, an Atlanta-based customs broker and third-party logistics provider. The acquisition gives Nuvocargo access to several key government licenses in the United States — including a customs broker license that normally takes...

Production of its long-awaited electric delivery van could begin in the next few weeks for Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS), with plans to add additional configurations and sizes to the C-Series once full production ramps up, company officials told FreightWaves at the recent NTEA Work Truck Show in...

Ships of all shapes and sizes rely heavily on navigational tools to sail the open seas; most wouldn't dare leave port without them. The same is true for logistics companies navigating freight markets. Visibility changes everything. As capacity and market demand change daily, logistics...

Fierce winds have been battering parts of Montana since yesterday, with gusts exceeding 80 mph. SONAR Critical Events and radar: Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, 10 a.m. EST The National Weather Service (NWS) in Great Falls reported a gust of 82 mph in Glacier County, with at least a dozen more...

What struck Philip J. Palin, a veteran supply chain resiliency author and researcher, was how the executive suites of some of his clients — mostly healthcare companies — seemed to pooh-pooh the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Their supply chain folks spotted trouble early on, Palin said. They...

The supply chain industry is living through some interesting times. Just as calls for curbing carbon emissions increase, supply chains face the pressure to deliver faster than ever – making this quite a catch-22 situation.  A report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) projects that the growth of...

There is nothing quite like it in the world. The type of antitrust immunity granted to international containership lines is certainly not covered in business schools except in those savvy enough to offer courses in transportation operations and management. The European Commission (EC), through its...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not only a health crisis impacting daily life for individuals but has led to cascading supply chain disruptions, especially in Asia. Shippers and transportation providers are pressured to anticipate the impacts of the outbreak in North America with vital...

The current port security regime in the United States does not provide safety levels needed to protect the nation's ports — and the supply chains that rely on them — against the spread of coronavirus, according to a global security expert. Testifying at a U.S. House Transportation and...

As the coronavirus spreads, shippers are implementing new procedures for truck drivers making deliveries and arriving for pickups. Numerous shippers contacted for this story either declined to comment on their current practices or did not respond, but social media has been abuzz in recent days...

The implementation of the IMO 2020 marine-fuel regulation has gone completely off script. Marine-fuel pricing has actually fallen year-on-year and the predicted savings from exhaust-gas scrubbers have increasingly evaporated. What happened and what's next? The IMO 2020 rule, effective Jan. 1,...

A Pittsburgh-based automation technology company has teamed up with Wilson Logistics, a 48-state trucking and logistics company, to launch an automated platooning initiative starting this spring. Unlike prior demonstration projects, the alliance between Locomation and Wilson Logistics will be...

Freight Futures market to watch today: Los Angeles, CA  Trucking Freight Futures continued to be roiled by the collapse in the global equities and oil markets on Monday. The spot National contract (FUT.VNU202003) slid $0.018, or 1.3%, to $1.337/mile, breaking the all-time low of $1.340 set nearly...

Greek ship magnate Evangelos Marinakis announced on Instagram that he has contracted the coronavirus. The coronavirus "has ‘visited' me and I felt obliged to let the public know," Marinakis, the founder and chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp., posted in both Greek and English. He...

The nation's largest flatbed carrier, Daseke Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE), expects "general industrial softness" and a "sustained weakness" in the oil and gas markets to continue through the first half of 2020. On the company's earnings conference call, Daseke's management team said that the market has been...