Piracy on the Decline: Will it Last?
July 18, 2012
For the past several years, maritime piracy has received a lot attention in the press. The geographic area that has received the most attention is the area off of the Horn of
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Dry Bulk Shipping
May 18, 2012
Last February Tim Burt reported that “the Baltic Dry Index, a benchmark that measures the price paid for shipping dry goods, such as iron ore and corn around the world plunged to
Latest Developments Aimed at Improving Truck Operating Costs
March 29, 2012
In a couple of previous posts [Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation and Update: Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation], I discussed a number of efforts aimed at reducing truck
Maritime Shipping Sector Update
March 6, 2012
Last May, AP Møller-Maersk, operator of the world’s biggest container ship fleet, “warned rates would remain ‘under pressure’ in the short term.” Nevertheless, Maersk was hopeful about the rest of the year,
Coming to Grips with the Shortage of Trucking Capacity
February 29, 2012
Yesterday’s post entitled Trucker Shortage Continues to Garner Headlines, focused on what most analysts consider an acute problem — a growing shortage of truck drivers. But the driver shortage is only half
Trucker Shortage Continues to Garner Headlines
February 28, 2012
Mark Yonge, vice chairman of the Marine Highways Cooperative, told the editorial staff at SupplyChainBrain that “the continuing driver shortage in trucking and ever more congested roadways argue in favor of using
Upgrading America’s Maritime Infrastructure
February 9, 2012
Last fall, Tony Munoz, editor-in-chief of The Maritime Executive Magazine, decried the fact that President Obama’s $447 billion infrastructure plan contained “‘ZERO’ bucks for maritime.” [“For Whom the Bell Tolls,” 19 September
Trucking Outlook for 2012
January 4, 2012
Just before the Christmas holiday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a new hours-of-service (HOS) rule that “reduces by 12 hours the maximum number of hours a truck driver can
The Panama Canal Expansion and the Future of the Supply Chain, Part 2
December 30, 2011
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I discussed the views of five of the six experts interviewed by Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor of Modern Materials Handling, regarding the impact that the
The Panama Canal Expansion and the Future of the Supply Chain, Part 1
December 29, 2011
In yesterday’s post entitled Supply Chain 2012: What Lies Ahead, I looked at some predictions about what is going to take place in the supply chain sector made by Bob Ferrari as
