But, as every 3PL operator that has won, or lost, a contract will testify, the TUPE rules – while founded on sound principles – can create problems for employers and employees alike. Broadly speaking, under TUPE, if a 3PL wins a new contract it may “inherit” workers from the previous logisti...

AEMLI, which is published free around the start of each year, takes three approaches: a survey of supply chain professionals (offer your thoughts and expertise for this year’s AEMLI here!); an assessment of the largest and fastest-growing emerging market air and sea tradelanes; and an index which ...

But how can this fledgling technology be used to benefit logistics and the greater supply chain? The answer lies in its potential to speed up administrative processes and to take costs out of the system while still guaranteeing the security of transactions. The underlying principle of blockchain is ...

David Learners, EMEA inbound transportation manager for Black & Decker, explains why the consumer electronics manufacturer is keen to reduce its use of freight forwarders; Helge Neumann-Lezious, intra-Europe trade manager for Kuehne + Nagel, claims forwarders still offer considerable value to sh...

In your recently published Annual Review there is a small, but disturbing, graph that shows how global passenger and cargo loadfactors developed between 2000 and 2016. While the passenger loadfactor increased from around 70% to close to 80%, the cargo loadfactor moved sideways between 45% and 50%. H...

It won’t be long before we’ll be in our cars and able to read a story to the kids on our way to a holiday in Norfolk; write a business report during our morning commute; or relax enjoying the sights during a private tour of the Scottish Highlands. AI [artificial intelligence]-operated vehicles c...

The overwhelming majority of shipments interdicted by Customs & Border Protection (CBP) during the January operation at JFK Airport were postal, not express industry, shipments.  JFK is a primary entry point for postal shipments from abroad, while the main express industry hubs are in Cinci...

This business we call “freight forwarding” has changed. Those that haven’t recognised that are probably people still with a Blockbuster Video membership card pinned expectantly to the fridge. It’s pretty hard to miss the changes, but freight forwarders can have a nasty habit of hoping that c...

I am reminded of a recent amusing tender response from a medium-sized global logistics company which lavished its opening executive summary with such claims as having a “flat management structure”; with “owner directors committed to their customers” and who are “at...

Launched by the well-respected Cathy Roberson, of Logistics Trends & Insights, and Mike King, of Mike King & Associates, the index is currently under development and hopes to launch fully later in the year. Thought to be based on about 350 respondents, the APAC index suggests that ...