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A recent World Bank report sheds light on the complex landscape facing International Development Association (IDA) countries, highlighting both their immense potential and the formidable obstacles they encounter. Despite being home to a quarter of humanity and possessing rich natural resources and youthful populations, these nations are grappling with widening income gaps and mounting challenges. Titled “The Great Reversal: Prospects, Risks, … Read More
Nominations accepted through May 8, 2022 The Gail Rutkowski Transportation Excellence Award (GR-TEA) recognizes companies or individuals that have excelled… Read More
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License 8G (“GL 8G”), which authorizes five (5)… Read More
Efficiency is one of the most important traits for any fleet to have but one of the most challenging to achieve. While this is a multi-faceted issue, high truck detention time is among the most significant obstacles to fleet efficiency. Truck detention, where drivers must sit idle while waiting for their trucks to be loaded, is an almost universal challenge in the industry. According to a 2020 survey, 87% of truck drivers spend 17 to 29% of their possible driving time … Read More
US trucking is entering a tumultuous period that will likely reshape the $875 billion industry. Shipping rates that spiked during disruptions caused by the pandemic have plummeted — some are now calling it a “freight recession” — as inventory gluts across the US lowered demand. That has placed the sector at a disadvantage during annual contract negotiations now in full swing, but means retailers and other customers will benefit from lower transportation costs. if … Read More
Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and life cycle cost management (LCCM), announced their program helps corporate truck fleets certify their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) output, recently mandated under a proposed rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Fleet Advantage is the only finance lessor that has been certifying such measures for a decade with a focus on tractor trailer fleets that operate high annual mileages (MPY). On March 21, the SEC issued … Read More
Regardless of the industry, efficiency, safety, and responsiveness are three overlapping objectives. In the shipping world, companies strive to get items from A to B safely with a great deal of real-time support, and one such sector that puts all three front and center is port and terminal operations. Commonly referred to as the “backbone of world trade,” approximately 80 to … Read More
Manufacturers operate complex supply chains that, in many cases, involve the movement of raw materials and resources from different parts of the world into their factories. It is an ever-moving puzzle. Indeed, manufacturing firms are often at the mercy of a range of factors outside of their control that can lead to disruptions, difficulties and, in extreme circumstances, halts in production. A … Read More
Meet The Five New Leaders Revolutionizing the E-commerce Industry Years ago, consumers only knew a few powerful entrepreneurs and business owners in the e-commerce industry. But things have changed in the past decades and will continue to progress in the coming years as many companies have entered the industry. When we want to learn about the man behind a company’s triumph, we … Read More
The percentage of women who hold leadership roles in business, higher education and government grows with each passing year – sometimes dramatically, sometimes incrementally. But every gain holds the promise of more gains, as young girls see opportunities previous generations didn’t. “Each of us stands on the shoulders of all the women in our chosen professions who have come before us, who have blazed a trail,” says Barbara Bell (www.captainbarbarabell.com), a professor of leadership at Vanderbilt University and author of Flight Lessons: Navigating Through Life’s … Read More
Whether you want to study at home or abroad, and/or in English or another language, there are numerous master-degree programs aimed at global trade professionals. For our purposes, we have identified intriguing educational opportunities, first in the U.S. and then around the world. DOMESTIC PROGRAMS Lamar University Beaumont, Texas Master of Science in Port and Terminal Management Lamar’s Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering and College of Business have teamed with port and marine terminal leaders to offer port-management courses. The university claims its Master … Read More
The Canadian Institute (CI) and the American Conference Institute (ACI) invite you to attend the 11th Annual Forum on U.S. Export & Re-Export Compliance for Canadian Operations in Toronto, ON + via Livestream on January 25–27, 2022! Featuring Keynote Speakers and Canadian and U.S. Government Officials from: -Global Affairs Canada -Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – U.S. Department of Commerce -Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) – U.S. Department of State if (!window.AdButler) { … Read More
