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Building a Resilient Port Strategy with Brian Kempisty & Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Brian is the Founder of Port X Logistics , a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. About Brian Kempisty Brian Kempisty is the Founder of Port X Logistics, a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. and Canada. and Canada.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

companies were further rattled after Chinese authorities recently questioned workers at Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Co. and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York. whose top stakeholder is Daimler Truck, and Hino Motors, the truck maker in the Toyota group, will merge.

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National Logistics Day 2024

Enterra Insights

Just 14 years later, the first air cargo flight took place in 1910. The Boston Consulting Group] believes GenAI will make it possible for organizations to ‘increase productivity, enhance efficiency and effectiveness, boost revenue, and build a long-term competitive advantage.’ Supply chain journalist Robert J.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

The cargo deliveries took place July 18 off the coast of Key West, Florida. Volansi says this is the first time ever that an autonomous drone has carried out such missions, carrying cargo between two moving US government vessels. Shoppers were informed of a $9.95

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Global Supply Chains — A Source of Strength

Enterra Insights

”[4] The Value of the Global Supply Chain Journalist Jennifer Smith ( @jensmithWSJ ) writes, “Maritime tracking data shows the cargo snared by last month’s blockage as a snapshot of global trade that is usually in constant motion. But as the Suez Canal crisis shows, looks are deceiving.”[3]

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Steering the Path to Ports & Container Optimization with AI

ThroughPut

According to a study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the cost of empty container logistics including repositioning, storage and handling, accounts for about 5-8% of today’s terminal operating budgets and the cost to the industry can go upto $20bln annually.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 15-19, 2015)

Talking Logistics

And one of those, e-commerce company Gilt Groupe Inc., Finally, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and C.H. Robinson announced findings from a joint research project they conducted that looked at how “the Panama Canal’s expansion will likely change the way cargo moves, by both water and land, into and within the United States.”