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De minimis is dead, and now legally buried
12+ hour, 41+ min ago (90+ words) Key takeaway: The Court of International Trade’s ruling that IEEPA authorizes the President to revoke duty-free treatment for sub-$800 imports removes the last legal uncertainty hanging over a year-old policy shift that has already reshaped cross-border parcel economics. The significance…...
A phone call, a million files: Uber Freight breach exposes logistics' identity security gap
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (99+ words) In a nutshell: the Helix extortion group claims to have taken nearly a million documents from one of North America’s largest managed-transportation platforms, using tactics no more sophisticated than impersonating an IT helpdesk. It is a grim irony that a…...
Shipping disruption sees 'rate increase fire' spread from spots to contracts
2+ day, 2+ min ago (558+ words) From one week to the next, it has been more of the same: transpacific rates on the climb; but with the cost of shipping into Europe showing an even more precipitous drop than last week, there are major question marks…...
Sinolines and Antong combination a formidable rival for forwarders in Asia
2+ day, 31+ min ago (458+ words) Freight forwarders could face a changing competitive landscape in China and intra-Asia shipping: Sinotrans Container Lines (Sinolines) has moved to take control of Antong Holdings, combining one of China’s major domestic container logistics networks with an international liner. On Wednesday,…...
Consultancy.uk: The Big Four have all been caught passing off generative content as???thought leadership???
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (157+ words) Consultancy.uk reports: The consulting industry’s four biggest players have long used whitepapers and surveys as a means to drum up business – indicating expertise on key specialisms and topical issues their clients are responding to. But in their haste to…...
MSC's new multimodal solution 'a significant step for Saudi logistics"
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (461+ words) Supply chain stakeholders across the Persian Gulf continue to devise new regional connectivity strategies as widespread port disruption makes moving cargo in and out of the conflict zone a challenge. MSC has established an integrated multimodal transhipment service out of…...
Flexport released a video game. It too is unprofitable.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (183+ words) Our Adam Clermont writes on LinkedIn: Flexport released a video game. This is a real sentence. Flexport, the company that has spent the last three years laying people off in rotating twenty percent increments like a shrinking nesting doll, has…...
If AI starts making the decisions, what happens to the TMS?
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (699+ words) For more than twenty years, the transport management system has been at the heart of freight forwarding. Whether CargoWise, Magaya, Descartes, or another, the TMS is where operational decisions are made, shipments are managed, and data is stored. Winning the…...
CNBC: This copper bet has became a real-time gauge of Trump???s next trade war salvo
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (102+ words) CNBC writes: One specialist arbitrage trade on a metal commodity is evolving into a real-time gauge of U.S. tariff risk. Copper — seen as a broader economic barometer, with the industrial metal a key component in construction, electronics and transportation — has been…...
Supply Chain Dive: Where USPS could benefit the most from AI
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (196+ words) SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE reports: While the Postal Service is looking to grow its AI-enabled capabilities, the agency already has familiarity with the technology. There are more than 35 active AI use cases within the USPS and additional applications in testing, per…...