On February 3, 2011, the Postal Service™ suspended Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) service to Egypt due to FedEx® operational requirements for items sent into and out of Egypt. Until... View More
Boston Herald--Hub start-up PackageFox.com wants to make it easy for unsatisfied customers to get their share of the $2 billion in refunds that go uncollected each year when private shippers don’t... View More
The “Peak” season is over, and everyone has survived the mad end of year rush. It is estimated that over 175 million packages were delivered on December 22, 2010 (by UPS, FedEx and USPS)…... View More
From an economic perspective, what you are shipping tends to matter less than the language of the agreement you have in place with the carriers that govern it. So never mind how you’re going to fit... View More
You may not realize it. But if you purchased or received a new electronic gadget this past holiday season only to discover that it didn’t work as well as the old one, you learned an important warehousing... View More
Welcome to my first column for PARCEL! While I’ve written a few articles over the last couple of years, this is the first installment of a recurring column. While I hope to cover a variety of topics,... View More
In June 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a Final Rule whereby approximately 80,000 motor common carriers will no longer be required to obtain cargo liability insurance.... View More
Journal of Commerce--Trade between the United States and India jumped 31 percent year-over-year in the first 11 months of 2010, driven largely by increased imports from India. Bilateral trade from January... View More
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service has introduced simplified pricing and three new products to its portfolio of flat-rate shipping solutions, providing additional... View More
I ordered at least a dozen products from catalogers and eTailers this holiday season and didn’t pay shipping charges for any of them. The merchants included LL Bean, Levi, Neiman Marcus, Target,... View More
Long before plastic, corrugated or paper board were invented, most everything shipped in boxes made of wood. Those handcrafted crates were valuable and expensive, so they were reused many times until the... View More
There are many courses and books on management, but what is leadership and what makes it different from management? I have had the opportunity and privilege to be a student of the number one leadership... View More
With the holidays behind us, the logistics industry can finally breathe a collective sigh of relief. However stressful, the past few months of peak season have also shown more signs of economic recovery.... View More
Most companies do a good job at arranging for exports of their main products to a foreign country, but they often experience problems with sales incentives and promotional items. Here is what happened... View More
(SAN PEDRO, Calif.; Feb. 1, 2011) â¬- Crowley Maritime has relocated its Inglewood, Calif., logistics office to a larger facility in San Pedro, Calif. The new office is strategically located... View More
Journal of Commerce--Global air cargo traffic surged by over a fifth in 2010 from the previous year, driven by a rebound in international trade, the International Air Transportation Association said.... View More
Journal of Commerce--The value of U.S. trade using surface transportation to and from Canada and Mexico was 15.5 percent higher in November than a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported Tuesday.... View More
Logistics Manager--DHL Freight has opened a logistics centre at Pratteln in Switzerland. The 516 667 sq ft facility serves as headquarters of DHL Freight Switzerland as well as being the gateway hub for... View More
The Wall Street Journal -- Two U.S.-based global warehouse landlords said Monday that they had agreed to merge, in one of the biggest real-estate deals since the recession. Read more!... View More
Google News -- The United States is in talks with its allies, airlines and maritime groups about creating a global vetting system for international cargo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said... View More
