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ATS International Services has named Jay Thomassen vice president and general manager, expanding his responsibilities across the company's commercial and operational functions.
Thomassen previously served as vice president of commercial services and has more than 35 years of international and ocean transportation experience. He joined ATS International as director of sales in 2012 after 21 years with Trailer Bridge.
In his new role, Thomassen will oversee strategic planning, business development and operations ...
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FBJNA – How It Works, with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report – With U.S. tariffs increasing the cost and complexity of importing goods, companies are taking another look at a longstanding customs tool that can defer, reduce or, in some cases, eliminate duties: the ...
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The Jackson County Port Authority Board of Commissioners has named Charles David Tillotson port director of Port Pascagoula. He will begin serving in the position Aug. 24.
Tillotson brings more than 30 years of experience in maritime operations, port business development, logistics and commercial management. His ...
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Enterprise AI startup Freehand has raised US$75 million to expand deployment of autonomous artificial intelligence agents designed to manage supply chain spending, procurement and invoice processing for large global manufacturers and retailers.
The Series B financing was co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with ...
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The International Air Transport Association has appointed Saadia Zahidi as its next director general, effective Nov. 1, making her the first woman to lead the global airline trade association.
Zahidi joins IATA after more than two decades with the World Economic Forum, where she serves as ...
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The U.S. is increasingly viewed abroad as an unreliable partner whose foreign policy gives little consideration to other countries’ interests, adding another layer of uncertainty to an international trading system already strained by tariffs and geopolitical conflict.
A Pew Research Center survey of 42,151 adults in ...
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Five years after the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement took effect, the trade pact has entered a new phase. What began as a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement has become the framework underpinning North American manufacturing and freight movement just as tariffs, industrial policy ...
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Editor's Note by Gary Burrows for FBJNA's July-August issue, available soon
There was a time when the logistics decision was relatively straightforward.
The cargo was ready. Capacity was available. The rate was acceptable. The shipment moved.
Those decisions were never simple, but they were largely transportation decisions.
Increasingly, they ...
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By Melissa Irmen
Q: How is the current U.S. free-trade zone environment materially different from the underutilized expansion era of the late 1980s/early 1990s?
A: The 1980s saw key congressional changes to the program that increased its usage in manufacturing in the U.S. In that span, the ...
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By Jordan Kass
When Transportation Management Systems first emerged in the 1990s, shippers were excited about the promise of technology that could operate their supply chains. But as with all tech tools, they quickly realized these systems weren’t exactly the easy button they hoped for. A ...
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