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Geollect’s situational awareness and asset tracking tools are providing the world’s largest cruise line with clarity in a turbulent world. Nations are going in and out of lockdown, travel corridors open and close, and political instability is causing security concerns in various regions. This – combined climate change, a growing refugee crisis, and overwhelming influx […]

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point (KP), New York is our nation’s only service academy dedicated to an industry but, because their midshipman have served in every major conflict since World War II, is the only academy authorized to carry a military battle standard. At times […]

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The 2M is the latest container shipping alliance to return more capacity to the transpacific trades. 2M partners Maersk and MSC said today they “continued to see strong demand and volumes with imports into the US”. Maersk told customers today the TP8/Orient and TP11/Elephant services, which had been […]

SEEKING ALPHA reports: – Credit Suisse upgrades UPS (NYSE:UPS) to an Outperform rating from Neutral on what it calls a clear line of sight to high-teens EPS growth and cash flow conversion. – Catalysts called out by CS: “(1) Domestic pricing power has tangibly shifted toward the carriers; (2) capex is likely set to begin its descent […]

The UK’s port of Felixstowe has issued an apology to customers for “inconvenience”, admitting that “our service standards are not currently where we would like them to be”. On its website on Friday, the port attributed its problems to “a sharp spike in import container volumes, along with a high proportion of late vessel arrivals”. […]

The 2M is the latest container shipping alliance to return more capacity to the transpacific trades. 2M partners Maersk and MSC said today they “continued to see strong demand and volumes with imports into the US”. Maersk told customers today the TP8/Orient and TP11/Elephant services, which had been “structurally blanked in the second quarter”, had […]

The latest supply-chain news and insights on the novel coronavirus and global response to the outbreak.

The fuel that powers passenger planes is normally among the most expensive oil products, but in a sign of the times the coronavirus has turned it into a blending component for typically cheaper shipping fuel.

Each year, 1.3 billion tons of food are lost or go to waste — and a third of those losses occur in transit.

With the holidays approaching, Amazon is consumed with honoring a pre-pandemic pledge to get products to Prime subscribers on the same day.

A strange phenomenon has emerged near Amazon delivery stations and Whole Foods stores: smartphones dangling from trees. Contract delivery drivers are putting them there to get a jump on rivals seeking orders.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a plummeting economy, retailers must nevertheless prepare for the traditional peak shopping season. Some are ready, but many are not.

Determine which autonomous mobile robot solution is best for your operation, based on three frequently deployed use-case scenarios.

The fuel that powers passenger planes is normally among the most expensive oil products, but in a sign of the times the coronavirus has turned it into a blending component for typically cheaper shipping fuel.

Get to know the differences between AGVs, VGVs, and AMRs.  Self-driving industrial vehicles like tuggers, pallet jacks, and forklifts are used to increase efficiency in material handling operations. For years, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Vision or Virtually-Guided Vehicles (VGVs) have been the only players in the warehouse automation market. Companies are now turning to […]

KAI KF-X [email protected]… Wed, 06/24/2020 - 21:12 The Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X is a multi-role 4.5 generation fighter. The KF-X is powered by two General Electric (GE) F414-400K turbofan engines. Image shows final C-109 design with caret inlets, boundary layer diverter and canted twin tails. Munitions stored conformally in the Block I configuration with […]

DARPA Eyes New Weapon Concepts In 2021 Program Plans [email protected]… Mon, 02/17/2020 - 09:45 A multi-target air-to-air weapon and gun-armed close-support missile are among new projects DARPA plans to launch in fiscal 2021. New approaches to communicating in contested environments, attacking signals and countering laser weapons are also on the list. The Defense Department is […]

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Feb. 10, 2020) [email protected]… Fri, 02/07/2020 - 09:00 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. has hired Phil Brownnett as managing director. He had been UK managing director of geointelligence at Airbus Defense and Space. He succeeds Sarah Parker, who has left the company. Brownnett has extensive experience in oil exploration and […]