The firm surveyed more than 300 logistics professionals that owned or operated 3PL warehouses based in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. More than third (37%) operated just one warehouse, with 45% running between two and five. Although most respondents faced challenges – notably l...

The terminal operator has been pushing intermodal services at its ports across Europe as part of its efforts to meet sustainability goals, but sources said attention on the terminals would also “likely improve” the “appalling services” offered by barge operators. One source told Logistic-News...

Amazon, famed for using predictive analytics to position inventory close to anticipated markets, has been less successful in terms of anticipating staffing and warehousing needs, going on a hiring spree and raking in as much warehouse space as possible. Now the company has warehouses with empty shel...

Shipping lines have been regularly updating customers on the status of empty-container depots and the availability of line haulage, but have little visibility of how intermodal capacity will look when the lockdown ends. “We are in unchartered waters, and I think it will be a ‘suck it and see’ ...

DP World wants “to offer a link to consumers through a one-stop multimodal logistics solution” that will make “European supply chains efficient, fast and sustainable”. Hot on the heels of its acquisition of Imperial Logistics, a South African company with an international logistics division ...

The US-based handling firm also acquired Chicago-based handler MIC Cargo in October. Taking over TAS, which performs handling at eight US airports, allows AGI to enter four new markets gain four stations where it already has a presence and expands its footprint to 29 locations. TAS employs...

DP-DHL board member Tim Scharwath told Logistic-News today that when the effects of external factors like the war in Ukraine and the global pandemic subside, the drive for more efficient and cleaner supply chains will be irresistible. “Major DAX companies here in Germany show better results this ye...

The licence allows Panstar to expedite customs clearance for cargo passing through Korea Customs in Busan’s Yongdang district. This is South Korea’s third-largest customs clearance counter, after Incheon and Pyeongtaek, beginning with temporary operations in July 2020 as online shopping increase...

A global average temperature change of between 1.5-3°C may headline the discussion, but, as the UK’s Meteorological Office expert Rosie Oates explains, it is the more subtle disruptions to existing weather patterns which will most interfere with logistics. She said: “As the sea surface heats up...

The two countries are also working on a joint-venture rail company in a bid to help Ukraine continue exporting – a challenge since the Russian invasion. Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy said the joint customs plan was a first part of a possible integration of the country into the EU. Reuters report...