Frieghtwaves recently published two commentary articles with opposing viewpoints regarding the economic effects of freight brokers on carriers, and shippers. The Demise of the Freight Brokerage is an asset-based carrier\'s…
Capacity is moving to meet the surge in US-Europe trade (between 6 and 7% increase both ways so far this year), as more US-China trade trends down (around 6%). As…
Would you provide a customer service at a loss, while they build their own service to compete directly against yours? Federal Express is saying goodbye to #Amazon, as it announced…
Here is a fantastic example of #ingenuity in #logistics. A #3PL is essentially importing full shipments for its customers from #China, and #dropshipping them into USA from Canada. The video…
[author] [author_image timthumb=\'on\']https://bullwhiplogistics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_20160601_1744273-1.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]Philip Redekopp is a CITT certified logistics professional, with an extensive background spanning 20 years in transportation. Philip works on logistics strategy and process, helping SMEs and…
After China effectively banned Canadian canola, and picked off 3 Canadian pork export establishments one by one, some in Canada\'s pork industry felt like it was only a matter of…
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/laredo-texas-becomes-no-1-us-trade-hub?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73431616&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9P2e0oDM8PAd_t8t5pQfUJlaBH4Z3x9XwjKxzAg-Yx4YDeTCenWzpS2gZF3UCCN508o-Glnvvy4wVdWrLGevS8hrxit2UtF0U3HQb5Px1c1VcetbE&_hsmi=73431616 Laredo Surpasses Ports of LA and Long Beach to Claim Busiest US Trade Hub for March 2019. Freightwaves reported Laredo (trade volume up ~10% in March), surpassed the busiest…
A very insightful article by Beth Pride of Inbound Logistics, summing up the major areas of uncertainty in international commerce. Tariffs, trade barriers, tantrums, political escape rooms, and maybe even a happy ending... It\'s all there!
