By Robert C. Lieb and Kristin Lieb As Amazon expands into logistics services, the giant retailer is taking on more of the characteristics of a third-party logistics (3PL) company. How might that shape the industry’s competitive landscape? Amazon.com has come a long way since its founder and chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos, envisioned the company
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by James Nash & Matthew Winkler Next year, deckhands on ships docked at Middle Harbor on California’s San Pedro Bay won’t see many people on the wharf. Remote-controlled cranes towering 165 feet overhead will pluck containers from vessels’ holds, and driverless trucks guided by magnets embedded in the asphalt will carry cargo to robotic hoists in a sorting
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Oakland, Calif.—After working without a contract for seven months, dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports breathed a sigh of relief Feb. 20, when labor negotiators reached a tentative working agreement. But many suppliers serving the wine industry are still waiting for their shipments to be delivered, and laborers have yet to vote on the proposed
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William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor | Mar 23, 2015 3:34PM EDT ORLANDO, Florida — Shippers are being warned to prepare for major and potentially costly changes in the way they contract or hire trucking companies to move freight across the U.S., as economic, regulatory and legal pressures reshape the transportation landscape. The days when a
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By: AJOT | Feb 25 2015 at 05:40 PM | Liner Shipping Container shipping lines have begun the slow work of repairing their networks as U.S. West Coast congestion difficulties ease. At the same time, forward bookings suggest that post-Lunar New Year cargo demand will resume after the week-long Asia holidays and continue to pick up pace. Restoring service levels and
Read more →Last night, the owners of 29 West coast shipping terminals and the union of dockworkers that staff them reached a tentative deal for a new contract, after nine months of negotiations that culminated in four days of meetings with two cabinet secretaries. The ports can now resume normal operations — or at least start working on the backlog of stalled
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