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Port Automation Is Hot-Button Issue in West Coast Labor Talks

While all parties have expressed confidence that an agreement will be reached between dockworkers and employers without disruption, they conceded there will be “difficult” issues. Among these are certain to be the wrangle over automation.

Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, speaks at an industry conference. Photo: International Transport Forum.

Eight Steps Toward Greener Trucking

To make the transportation industry more sustainable, carriers and fleets need to increase efficiency within their processes.

Supply Chain Professionals Can Lead on Green Freight

Companies need to take a proactive approach to addressing the environmental and social impacts caused by shipments moving through their global supply chains.

How Companies Can Make a Difference in Reducing Trucking’s Carbon Footprint

Companies are zeroing in on trucking operations as an important means of achieving sustainable supply chains.

Supply Chain Industry Faces a Sustainability Crossroad

Achieving sustainability in transportation and global supply chains, once an option for socially aware businesses, has now become a must.

Increasing Sustainability in LTL Trucking With Route Optimization

Optimized routing plays a major role in shrinking a carrier’s carbon footprint.

Could Data Standards Solve the Supply Chain Crisis?

A lack of data sharing is one of today's most glaring issues in supply chain management. But just as important is that every stakeholder is on the same page — working with the same kind of data at the right time.

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Allianz Warns of Car Ship Pain After 4,000 Vehicles Lost at Sea

Car-shipping incidents have become a major cause of loss for the insurance industry, according to a report.

The 650-foot-long Felicity Ace car carrier caught fire and was abandoned off the coast of the Azores. Photo: Marinha Portuguesa.

Truck Idling Is Burning Up Profits. Here Are Four Solutions.

Rising transportation costs are hitting more store shelves as shippers and carriers — particularly truckers — pass on to consumers the impact of soaring gas prices and an ongoing capacity crunch.

Four Benefits of a Digital Freight Marketplace

The precarious state of the global supply chain has sent shipping rates soaring, and carrier capacity remains a precious commodity.

Truck chassis sit at a shipping terminal. Photo: Getty Images.

West Coast Dockworkers, Firms Vow to Avoid Upheaval Amid Contract Talks

Labor negotiations at 29 West Coast ports are set to start this week with both sides saying they want to avoid further upheaval in supply chains that haven’t fully recovered.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Top Sea Polluters Beg for Climate Rules That No Rival Can Avoid

The ocean shipping industry, among the world’s biggest polluters, is asking a key regulator to overhaul its emissions directives so that all carriers are working off the same rulebook as they make the expensive changes needed to cut output of harmful carbons.

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