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IndexBox has just published a new report: ‘U.S. Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Market. Analysis And Forecast to 2025’.

While the “new normal” is still evolving, one thing is certain: We need to continue to focus on how we design and maintain indoor environments.

Packaging is essential when it comes to your product, for both protection and presentation.

For decades, labor cost differences have been a primary influence in the continuous shift of manufacturing production from the U.S. to China. In 1980, the cost of labor in the U.S. was more than 30 times of that in China.

Supplier deliveries continued to slow as manufacturers worked to restock their inventories, according to the latest figures from the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing report, released Monday.

Capacity on the Transpacific lane is up 20% YoY, as carriers have injected resources into the trade lane resulting in "unprecedented capacity increases in Q4," according to a release from Sea-Intelligence.

The U.S.-China trade war and Brexit have generated quantifiable uncertainty in the marketplace, but the impact of those events is being eclipsed by the uncertainty generated by the global pandemic.

Capacity on the Transpacific lane is up 20% YoY, as carriers have injected resources into the trade lane resulting in "unprecedented capacity increases in Q4," according to a release from Sea-Intelligence.

Recent research stresses the importance of data availability and quality. But a panel of experts said carriers aren't always willing to share.

The world of e-commerce has undergone quite a year.And with everything going on in the world, chances are that growth, innovation, and change are what we can expect in the year to come as well.

It’s been a long journey to the NBA finals. The 2019-20 NBA season went on hiatus on March 11, and it was not until June that the NBA’s Board of Governors and Players Association finalized plans for 22 teams to return under stringent health and safety protocols and accompanied by measures to promote social justice.

The initial demand surge for pandemic-related supplies such as masks and janitorial supplies has moderated, but demand still settled above normal levels in Q3, Fastenal executives reported Tuesday. Demand for safety products is about 20% higher than historic levels, according to UBS's reporting on the company.

By July 2018, the United States and China had each fired off the first shots in a tariff war that would escalate over the next year

The labor-intensive processes of picking, packing and shipping require supply chains to hire more workers as e-commerce sales reach record levels.

If you keep up to date with the latest worldwide architectural trends, you must know that a lot of fuss has been made over old shipping containers.

Shippers reported greater impacts from the coronavirus pandemic compared to 3PLs in key logistics functions, according to the 2021 Third-Party Logistics Study published Wednesday by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University and Penske Logistics.

The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association and 11 of the largest ocean carriers moved Friday to dismiss a Federal Maritime Commission complaint filed against them by the American Trucking Associations' Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference.

From working in the backyard to transforming the world, Steve Jobs has changed the perception of technology.

In the United States today, as many manufacturers have entered post-crisis phases in their facilities, some have a much different business model than they did entering 2020.

Several law firms and trade attorneys are urging U.S. importers affected by the Section 301 China tariffs to file lawsuits in hopes businesses could receive refunds on list 3 and 4A tariffs paid to date and not have to pay the tariffs on future imports.