Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage

Livingston International Expands Services in Asia

May 17, 2016

Livingston International, a customs broker and trade-compliance company, has expanded operations in Asia with the offering of a suite of global trade management (GTM) services in Taiwan, and an expanded presence in China.

Yusen Logistics Opens Temp-Controlled Facility in Hong Kong

May 17, 2016

Yusen Logistics (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Yusen Logistics (Hong Kong) Ltd. has opened a temperature-controlled facility at the Tsuen Wan Logistics Center in Hong Kong.

KPMG Unveils Tool to Anticipate Third-Party Disruptions

May 10, 2016

KPMG

KPMG Spectrum has developed a new intelligence engine to anticipate third-party vulnerability, and act before disruption hits.

Amazon's Latest Hat: A Freight Forwarder From China

May 9, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Is there any aspect of the e-commerce buying experience that Amazon.com Inc. doesn't want to directly control?

Logistics Industry Mystery: Shipping Boxes Go Missing

May 6, 2016

Wall Street Journal

Johnson Controls Inc. had a logistics mystery on its hands: thousands of reusable shipping boxes and storage racks were disappearing every year. The auto-parts maker, which was spending a small fortune to replace the equipment, found that some were squirreled away at factories by Johnson Controls' own plant managers, others were kept by customers. One box was discovered at a Michigan gun range; another had wound up storing bait on a fishing boat in Seattle.

Robots May Conquer E-Commerce's Problematic Last Mile

April 29, 2016

Business Week

In the shadow of Greenwich's 02 Arena - the futuristic dome originally built as London’s showpiece for the Millennium - what looks like a picnic cooler on wheels zips among groups of gawking children. This little delivery robot, designed to autonomously navigate sidewalks, not roads, later this year will begin making deliveries from local businesses direct to customers. In doing so, it may just conquer e-commerce's final frontier: the Last Mile, the least efficient and most problematic step in the delivery process.

Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage

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