Many forwarders are supporting the decision – as one major forwarder told Logistic-News: “What VDA chooses to do with brokers is its own business. “As we don’t go through brokers for charters, but approach carriers directly, I don’t see anything changing in our approach with VDA.” And as ...

Moreover, with more than 60% of all global seaborne trade being moved in containers, box ports are crucial. Containerisation has boomed since its conceptualisation in the 1960s, significantly simplifying intermodal freight transport. According to Statista, $12 trillion-worth of goods were moved arou...

Which means the logistics world needs to be prepared. Here are our top five predictions for the future of retail delivery: It will become cheaper and quicker for the consumer; become more local; be managed by voice control; boom with new technologies; and offer an omni-channel ex...

Normally, notes would be sufficient, but with the UK government’s tendency currently to obfuscate its Brexit ‘policy’, it seemed sensible to get the actual text. Not least, in fact, because FTA deputy chief executive James Hookham said, rather drily, after the speech: ”That was one of the mo...

Mounting congestion at the UK’s leading container gateway was blamed on the implementation of Hutchison’s in-house developed TOS, nGen, The situation again demonstrates what a fraught business IT transformation projects can be, and on the basis of available evidence if one part of the suppl...

If you have been providing the type of fulfilment service covered by FHDDS as at 31 March this year then you have until 30 June to submit your online application and avoid a financial penalty. FHDDS applies to businesses which store goods brought in from outside the EU, which are owned by, or are st...

Thesis: The air travel industry was one of the first global industries to truly move online. But while internal IT systems for air cargo have progressed somewhat, the air cargo industry has not adopted digitisation to anywhere near the extent of the passenger industry, creating high back office cost...

But the recent onslaught of PR from pilots flying indirectly for Amazon – the International Brotherhood of Teamsters divisions representing pilots at Atlas, Southern and ABX – shrouds a darker story of labour relations with management. Perhaps emboldened by Trump policies, and certainly working ...

The result for the audience was a crash course/barrage of new apps, blockchain-based solutions and, in some cases, new technology altogether – some surprisingly similar, while others appeared wildly original. Here, in no particular order, are our top five picks: PEIR The Photo Equipment Inte...

Why? Because part of its analysis is right up their alley. In the book, they use a case study to highlight the complexity of hiring an expert and paying her a commission of the sales she generates. They found that when real-estate agents sell their own homes, the house is on the market on avera...