Shippers' IT

   When we talk about technology empowering a shipper’s logistics operations, sometimes it’s easy to forget that even in 2013 the evolution from manual processes to those...

UPS cuts deal on...

   UPS has agreed to pay $40 million to avoid prosecution for shipping drugs from illegitimate online pharmacies, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced in late March...

Dredging up dollars

   Exasperated by the federal government’s inability to adequately maintain navigable channels and dredge deeper in major container ports, some states have opted to front...
Canada upset over U.S. labeling rule
U.S. country of origin labeling has "led to the disintegration of the North American supply chain, created unpredictability in the market and imposed additional costs for producers on both sides of the border,” Canadian officials said.
Cargolux reduces concessions in union talks
According to the Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline, union negotiators are asking for a full or partial repayment of the money saved with any concessions in the instance that Cargolux turns a profit during the next year.
Bridge collapses on major U.S.-Canada link
Three people were pulled from the river with minor injuries. Chief John Batiste of the Washington State Patrol said early indications were that a truck struck the overhead of the I-5 bridge, north of Seattle, causing the collapse.
e-Invoicing standards group making progress
The group formalized best practices for electronic invoice submission and receipt, while also moving forward to develop standards for the credit note process and complimentary EDI message guidelines.
Research
The Paper Chase – E-Invoicing’s Impact on Ocean Freight Billing, June 5th, 2013, 12 PM EDT
This 60-minute interactive discussion will look at efforts to increase usage of e-invoicing in the ocean freight market, how standardization of the industry might help, and what billers and payers should know going forward. Key discussion areas will include:
  • Why adoption of electronic invoicing and payment in the ocean freight market has lagged other modes
  • The opportunities e-invoicing provides to increase operational efficiency, reduce dispute resolution time, and improve customer satisfaction
  • How carriers and third party logistics providers are addressing this challenge
  • The importance of standardizing invoicing across the carrier market
  • Best practices for billers and payers to get started with e-invoicing
Opinion
The long U.S. recovery via exports
By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol

   Optimism is not abundant in this fifth year of recovery from the Great Recession. Employment, consumer spending, home sales and starts are past their worst points but have not yet recovered to their 2007 levels. Similarly, container volumes handled at ports, railcar volumes and truck tonnage are below their historic peak levels. Nonetheless, some types of activity like production and transportation of export commodities are at all-time highs...
Zooming in on Evergreen Line
   The data above, gathered from BlueWater Reporting Carrier/Trade Route Deployment Reports, illustrates how Evergreen Line has been deploying significantly more capacity over the last two years.
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