TOP 25 U.S. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Qtrly Ranking of Products by Value in Trade 7/13/2018
Top 25 US Imports and Exports
Jul 16, 2018 | Transportation and Supply Chain News
Traditional Statistics as Market Indicators: Do they still work?
by Jessica Gelman | March 20, 2023 | Supply Chain Problems, Transportation and Supply Chain News | 0 Comments
The February 2023 jobs report showed some serious job growth, estimating that over 300,000 new jobs were added to the economy. During an average year, that would be tremendous; during a period of economic hardship, like the current global marketplace is still...
Ocean Carrier Alliances: What Does A Shifting Landscape Mean For You?
by Jessica Gelman | March 15, 2023 | Future in Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain News | 0 Comments
There are a number of reasons for some of the significant carriers to team up with one another (instead of directly competing). These alliances allow the carriers to pool cargo between them, and share their resources without trying to outdo the competition on pricing....
The Inflation Effect for Import and Export Businesses: How A Weaker Dollar Will Benefit Some and Limit Others
by Jessica Gelman | February 24, 2023 | Future in Logistics, Supply Chain Problems | 0 Comments
Inflation is par for the economic course—but, coming out of the pandemic, the accelerated rate of inflation hit the shipping and logistics industry hard. Not ideal considering the two-plus years of slowdowns, shortages, and other massive hits we’d just navigated....
Is there an Artificial Increase in Shipping Demand?
by Jessica Gelman | February 10, 2023 | Supply Chain Problems, Transportation and Supply Chain News | 0 Comments
It’s a delicate balance. Given the pandemic-powered disruptions facing the global supply chain—slowdowns, lockdowns, and manufacturing shortages, for starters—shipping and logistics companies were forced to reimagine the way they do business. And during that period,...
Optimizing Your Supply Chain Spend
by Jessica Gelman | February 3, 2023 | Future in Logistics, Supply Chain Problems | 0 Comments
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a big, bold light on increasingly universal weaknesses in the global supply chain—weaknesses that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, led to inventory shortages in everything from cars to cleaning products, baby formula, fresh produce, and...
Market Price, Contracts, and Budget Risks: What Did 2022 Teach Us to Expect in 2023?
by Jessica Gelman | January 23, 2023 | Future in Logistics | 0 Comments
Efficiency is extremely important to almost any business. It’s nearly impossible for businesses to scale without keeping an eye on costs in most aspects of their operations. So, naturally, that includes the cost of moving cargo—and that side of the industry has seen...
The Biggest Technological Advancements that will Impact Shipping and Logistics
by Jessica Gelman | January 10, 2023 | Future in Logistics | 0 Comments
Shipping and logistics are caught between the old and new industrial complex – but with several high-profile, high-tech capabilities, solutions, and implementations beginning to roll out en masse, 2023 is shaping up to be a major industry turning point. This...
Railway Strike Congressional Action
by OL USA | December 2, 2022 | Breaking News | 0 Comments
Railway Workers Unions across the country have been threatening to strike starting December 9th, until Congress’s extremely rare intervention this week, invoking the 1926 Railway Labor Act. Here’s what happened—and what might have happened. Talks of a nationwide...
How Will Changing Environmental Policies Impact Shipping and Logistics?
by Jessica Gelman | November 23, 2022 | Supply Chain Problems, Transportation and Supply Chain News | 0 Comments
The reality? The logistics industry is notorious for stirring up less-than-positive environmental press. And considering a single Capesize Bulk Carrier uses 40-plus metric tons per day—and releases about 33,000 tons of CO2 in a single year—that shouldn’t come as a...
The Geopolitical Impacts on the Global Supply Chain
by Jessica Gelman | November 7, 2022 | Supply Chain Problems, Transportation and Supply Chain News | 0 Comments
The global economy has gone through an awful lot of changes over the past several years, which is nothing new. We’ve all been pointing fingers at the pandemic concerning economic disruption, and for good reason—it’s disrupted trade to a degree we haven’t really seen...