Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Hanjin Shipping Parent Raising Funds to Unload Stranded Cargo

The collapse of Hanjin Shipping has caused havoc in global trade networks and a surge in freight rates.

Hanjin Shipping's abrupt exit from oceangoing commerce comes just as peak shipping starts to ramp up.

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Are Your Dangerous Goods Shippers Leaving Money on the Table?

Emerging Technologies

Supply Chain Execs and Employees Feel Differently about Digital Transformation

More than a third of supply chain executives think they are leading change, while employees think differently.

Joining Technologies offers supply chain management services for product manufacturing and assembly.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Importers’ Supply Chains Disrupted from Hanjin’s Bankruptcy

Datamyne is looking at our latest maritime trade data to identify the U.S. importers’ supply chains disrupted by Hanjin’s bankruptcy.

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Avnet Names William Amelio as CEO

Amelio was acting in the role of interim CEO of Avnet since July 11, 2016.

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Four Key Questions to Ask Before Your Next Energy Purchase

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Spot Rates Skyrocket after Hanjin Collapse

Spot container freight rates on major routes from Asia soared by up to 42 percent following the Hanjin collapse.

World Container Index Shanghai-Europe Weekly Spot Rate and Trend Line (US$/40-foot container) as of September 1, 2016

Risk/Compliance

Supply Chain Managers: Are You the Biggest Risk in Your Supply Chain?

Avoid these three most common risks that companies create for themselves in the supply chain.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

More Hanjin Ships Seized as Freight Rates Surge and Cargo Owners Fret

Hanjin Shipping vessels have been seized at Chinese ports in the wake of the South Korean firm's collapse.

The court's move to rehabilitate the world's seventh-largest container shipper is seen as mainly procedural and an eventual liquidation of assets is likely, analysts and industry officials said.

Risk/Compliance

Make Big Trucks Physically Unable to Speed, Regulators Suggest

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

Capping speeds for new large vehicles may reduce the 1,115 fatal crashes involving heavy trucks that occur annually.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Another Hurdle for The Ocean Alliance

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

Using proposed buying power through joint purchasing agreements could harm both downstream and upstream participants.

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Risk/Compliance

Uber for Couriers: Logistics Software Promises to Minimize Traffic and Emissions

The new software reroutes trucks and delivery vehicles with real-time data and machine learning.

Premonition’s technology can optimize large job sets, rerouting multiple vehicles in real time based on a plethora of factors: changed traffic conditions, weather, delivery windows, incoming orders and returns, truck capacity, a driver’s final destination and consumer requests such as redirected parcels.

E-Commerce Solutions

CommerceHub Expands Partnership with Wal-Mart, Adds Integration with Wal-Mart Marketplace

Rithum (formerly known as CommerceHub)

Wal-Mart taps into CommerceHub’s retailer and brand network, broadening its online marketplace product assortment.

CommerceHub’s network of approximately 9,500 customers, including many of the largest retailers, marketplaces and brands in North America, will be able to team up with Walmart.com, one of the largest online retailers.

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