Logistics
U.S. consumers plan to spend US$890.49 per person on average this year on holiday gifts, food, decorations and other seasonal items, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics.
The amount is the second-highest in the survey’s 23-year history and falls only 1.3 percent less than last year’s record of US$901.99.
“Americans prioritize spending on loved ones for holidays despite economic uncertainty,” said Katherine Cullen, ...
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Port NOLA recently released the most recent environmental studies related to the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), located in Violet, Louisiana.
Currently, the project is undergoing the federal permitting process with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with permits anticipated early next year. Once final permits ...
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adjourned the extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) on Oct. 17 to consider the adoption of draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, including the IMO Net-Zero Framework.
The extraordinary session, which convened Oct. 14, will be reconvened in ...
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Global logistics provider GEODIS said Oct. 20 that it has launched a Labor Management System (LMS) within its Americas network to bring real-time visibility into workforce effectiveness and cost to serve.
Collaborating with Easy Metrics, the cloud-based warehouse performance management platform, GEODIS has begun implementing the ...
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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group, has launched DHL Consolidated Clearance Service for U.S. Imports, a new customs solution tailored to e-commerce and retail businesses.
As U.S. tariff policies evolve and regulatory demands intensify, importers – particularly in fast-moving consumer ...
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C.H. Robinson harkened the arrival of its Agentic Supply Chain: an intelligent ecosystem that continuously thinks, learns, adapts and acts.
The Eden Prairie, Minnesota logistics provider said it is the most advanced form of artificial intelligence in logistics. It understands context, makes decisions in real time ...
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Container ship owners and operators are extending a pattern of low recycling activity since 2021, as BIMCO estimates a recycling overhang of at least 500 vessels and 1.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUS.
“So far this year, only 10 container ships have been recycled, said ...
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BIMCO, the Danish shipping association, has begun development of a clause specifically addressing the new fees introduced on Oct. 14 for U.S.-related ships calling at ports in China.
The Chinese Ministry of Transport said Oct. 10 that it would impose new “Special Port Fees” on ships ...
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The growing market in medical aesthetic products moving from South Korea to China is proving lucrative to the U-Freight Group.
One year after the company signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Hongyu Supply Chain Management Co (HYSC) to develop logistics services for medical and healthcare ...
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By Chris Ugarte
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could settle conflicting court interpretations of who can be held liable in roadway-accident lawsuits against the transportation industry.
In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II LLC, the plaintiff was injured along a highway ...
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