Jul 16, 2018 | Economy, freight supply chain management, Government Actions
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board – Mexico isn’t paying for that border wall, but Canada has volunteered to single-handedly finance a bridge to facilitate trade with the United States. Supporting this deal should be easy for the Trump Administration, but a...
Jun 25, 2018 | Container Drayage, Drayage, Economy, freight supply chain management, Logistics, logistics trucking services, service trucking company, Shipping, supply chain service company, supply chain services, trucking company services
This past winter and spring it wasn’t unusual to wait two weeks or more to have your container pulled from a port or rail head due to capacity, weather or length of haul. If your inventory is sitting on a container you cannot complete your customers’ orders. If you...
Feb 7, 2018 | Container Drayage, Drayage, Ports
BY MARK EDWARD NERO-Amercian Shipper Managing members of the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, voted Tuesday to update the Clean Truck Program, requiring trucks, as of April 1, to either have...
Jan 4, 2018 | Government Actions, Ports
BY Mark Edward Nero – American Shipper – A years-long drive by New Jersey lawmakers to pull the state out of a six-decade-old agency that fights organized crime and racketeering on the waterfront has come to a head, as state Senate and Assembly votes on...
Dec 28, 2017 | Container Drayage, Drayage, logistics trucking services, Ports, supply chain service company
By Paul Benfer – Kinetic Supply-Chain Services – As a chemical manufacturer that imports containers, you are always running to meet client delivery requirements. You take measures to reduce the length of time from order to delivery. You route import...
