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Risk/Compliance

Supply Chain Disruption Cost $56 Billion Last Year … and There's More Risk to Come

Europe continues to suffer severe trade disruptions caused by terrorist attacks, as events in Brussels are likely to highlight

This April 18, 2013 file photo shows an aerial view of the remains of a fertilizer plant and an apartment complex to the left, destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas. The government has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers to be at high risk for a terror attack, numbering in the thousands, and has underestimated the threat to densely populated cities, congressional investigators say. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Risk/Compliance

Amazon Leans on Government in its Quest to Be a Delivery Powerhouse

Amazon pushed for commercial drone usage, extending truck lengths, improving roads and bridges, and more

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Risk/Compliance

New Container Weight Rule Could Raise Shipping Costs, Congestion

The time and complications from verifying the weight of shipping containers may boost costs by 14 percent

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

F.S. Mackenzie Extends FPS Network to Georgia

Georgia is an important gateway and transit point for Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia

From left to right: Julia Artamonova, operations; Tamar Tvildiani, accounts; Pavle Chikhladze, customs and warehousing; David Bakuradze, customer service; and Nina Inasaridze, operations

Cyber Risk, Superstorms and Economic Pressures Challenge Shipping Safety Progress

Although the number of losses remained stable, declining by just 3 percent compared with the previous year (88), 2015 was the safest year in shipping for a decade.

This year, the effect of a “super” El Niño is expected to lead to more extreme weather conditions. Meanwhile, bad weather was a factor in three of the five largest vessels lost last year, including the El Faro, one of the worst US commercial maritime disasters in decades.

Risk/Compliance

Business Groups Seek Extension of West Coast Port Labor Deal

Retailers and manufacturers want predictability by extending the contract agreed to in negotiations last year

FILE - The ports of Los Angeles (pictured) and Long Beach, which form the largest port complex in the Western Hemisphere, reported a 37 percent jump in container imports from a year earlier, when both ports slowed to a crawl amid protracted labor negotiations. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Spot Market Freight and Rates Slip Lower

DAT Freight & Analytics

Spot market rates declined 6.0 percent for vans, 3.5 percent for reefers and 1.2 percent for flatbeds, month over month

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Senate Federal Aviation Administration Bill Seeks to Accelerate Small-Drone Use

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

A Senate committee is scheduled to consider legislation seeking to accelerate use of small commercial drones across the U.S.

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Amazon Builds Air Cargo Network by Leasing 20 Planes from Air Transport Services

The planes will be used “to operate an air cargo network to serve Amazon customers in the United States”

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Risk/Compliance

U.S. Forwarders Urge DoT to Think Freight when Awarding Cuba Licenses

Airforwarders Association (AfA)

Forwarders are urging the DoT to assign routes to Cuba to U.S. passenger airlines that also offer air cargo service

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Risk/Compliance

Amazon’s Drone Plans Create More Buzz

Clarus Commerce, division of Epicor Software Corp.

One caveat is that R&D and ongoing maintenance costs of drones seem to necessitate higher delivery charges

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Sourcing & Procurement

Drewry e-Sourcing Solution Bringing Speed, Efficiency to Ocean Freight Procurement

The advisory and sourcing event execution service brings transparency to complex and data-intensive sourcing events

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