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ILA and USMX to Resume Port Contract Discussions in November
In a joint statement, the leadership of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) today announced that they will resume Master Contract discussions in November 2024, to discuss all outstanding issues to reach a new agreement. Earlier...
Grey Orange Inventory Management and Store Execution Tech Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace Adds
GreyOrange Inc. announced today that the company’s inventory management and store execution application, gStore, is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. By providing real-time insights into inventory levels, item locations and stock movements, gStore enables retailers to execute store operations...
Increase in the Industrial Vacancy Rate of 6.4% Suggests Temporary Supply-Demand Imbalance In Market
New research indicates that as of August 2024, the national industrial vacancy rate in the U.S. was approximately 6.4%, reflecting an upward trend from the previous months. That same month, the Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) stood at 56.4, reflecting moderate...
Rio Grande Valley Highway Construction Project to Streamline with E-Ticketing Process
DRAGADOS-Pulice JV, two of the leading construction brands in the ACS Group Construction Division, has selected TruckIT to digitize the E-Ticketing process for the I-2/I-69C Interchange Project in the South Texas Rio Grande Valley. TruckIT’s patented AirTicket™ e-Ticketing solution provides...
TTX Uses Integration Layer to Get Real-Time Visibility of 175K Rail Containers
TTX's signature yellow rail cars carry goods and raw materials across North America. Since 2000, TTX has invested over $13 billion in new railcar purchases for a fleet of more than 175,000 flatcars, boxcars and gondolas. TTX engaged Redwood Logistics (Redwood),...
ILA’s Daggett Praises President Biden for Role in Port Strike
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett praised President Joe Biden for his role in last week's three-day Port strike in an open letter: "We thank you for your powerful message that 'the dockworkers from the ILA...deserve a strong contract after...
Mojix Merges with Seagull Software
Seagull Software, the developer of BarTender label management software, announced that it has merged with Mojix, a leader in item-level inventory management and traceability. With the merger, Seagull will enhance how companies manage their supply chains, combining product labeling with...
McLeod Software and Greenscreens.ai Partner for Dynamic Freight Market Pricing
McLeod Software (McLeod), has announced an enhanced partnership with Greenscreens.ai (Greenscreens), the freight industry's premier dynamic pricing platform. The integration brings advancements in freight market pricing, empowering freight brokers to make data-driven decisions more quickly and accurately. Through the partnership,...
Dockworkers Strike Across East Coast and Southern Ports
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, officially went on strike at midnight last night, the exact time that the contract with port employers expired. The ILA rejected the latest...
Freight Partners Group Invests in LTL efficiency with AI-Driven Shipping
Shiplify, the primary accessorial revenue identifier for carriers, shippers and third party logistics (3PL) providers, today announced significant improvements in less-than-truckload (LTL) efficiency for Freight Partners Group (FPG). As a technology-driven logistics company, FPG specializes in integrations, and their partnership...
LK Packaging Finds Results in 4PL Partnership
Redwood Logistics (Redwood), one of the fastest-growing fourth-party logistics (4PL) providers in North America, today announced the results of their partnership with LK® Packaging (LK), a trusted provider of stock and custom packaging solutions for over 50 years. Redwood’s modern...
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Former Amazon Executive Michiel Kalverkamp joins Besso as Chief Customer Officer
Besso, a Swiss startup specializing in simplifying global trade compliance through Artificial Intelligence (AI), announced the appointment of Michiel Kalverkamp as Chief Customer Officer. Kalverkamp joins Besso after a successful tenure at Amazon, where he served as the Head of...
Chris Burroughs Named TIA President and CEO
The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) named Christopher Burroughs to succeed Anne Reinke as president & CEO of TIA at the end of November. Burroughs has been with TIA for 13 years and most recently as its vice president of Government Affairs for the past...
What Makes Service Supply Chains Hard To Predict And Manage?
by Vishnu Rajamanickam, The Logistics Report While production supply chains tend to dominate the headlines, there’s an equally crucial but often overlooked area — service supply chains. Managing spare parts, repairs, and services long after a product’s lifecycle can be more...
Longshoreman’s Union, Maritime Alliance Rattle Sabres Ahead of 10/1 Strike Threat
The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) yesterday requesting immediate injunctive relief requiring the ILA to return to the bargaining table ahead...
The Trucking Industry Must Plan for the Prevention Of – and Recovery From – Cyberattacks
The Trucking Industry Must Plan for the Prevention Of – and Recovery From - Cyberattacks By: Ben Barnes, Chief Information Officer, McLeod Software The transportation industry has been discovering of late – and in an alarming fashion – just how...
Fires in Brazil Impacting Sugar Supply Chain, Prices
Two of the largest sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil late on Monday disclosed initial estimates of damages from fires that have burned sugarcane fields in the country's top state for sugar production. As a result, sugar prices have surged...
To Build Resilience, CEOs Need to Become Supply-Chain Experts
Republished from Harvard Business Review by J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Dwaipayan Roy Many S&P 500 CEOs ascend to the top of the corporate hierarchy after cutting their teeth through leadership roles in functional areas such as finance, strategy, and technology....
Port Strike on Both Coasts is Looming– ILA Threatens Walkout on Sept. 30
Nearly 300 International Longshoremen’s Association Wage Scale Delegates ended their two-day Wage Scale Meetings on 9/5 in New Jersey by unanimously supporting International President Harold J. Daggett’s call for a coastwide strike at ports from Maine to Texas on October...
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