2020

U.S. railroads originated 794,256 carloads in June 2020, a 22% year-over-year (YoY) decline, and 1,004,933 intermodal containers, a 6% YoY drop, according to the latest numbers from the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Many historians credit the Chinese in ancient Liuyang with creating the first natural firecracker around 200 B.C. Roasting bamboo caused it to explode due to its hollow air pockets.

It’s amazing how interconnected we are as a world—from delivering goods along the supply chain to your local grocery store to the social distancing that has helped to control what we’ll unlovingly refer to as “The Outbreak”.

The Consumer Brands Association launched a Contactless Delivery Task Force on Monday made up of 23 consumer packaged goods companies to study the impact of, and develop uniform standards for, implementing contactless deliveries at scale throughout their supply chains.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is phasing out Project Airbridge, according to an announcement last week. Project Airbridge was a temporary program, under which FEMA bought dedicated cargo flights from carrier partners, transporting medical supplies from Asia to the U.S. from multiple suppliers.

As the world begins to ease movement restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are wondering where they go from here and how they can reduce risks moving forward.

The shift from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce operations is expected to intensify as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which will likely cause greater investment in warehouse space because e-commerce requires three times the logistics space of traditional storefronts, according to a new report from Prologis.

As countries around the globe push to reopen in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business community is struggling with the decision to relax compliance standards as a means to remain agile and navigate a pressing shortage of goods and services.

As countries around the globe push to reopen in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business community is struggling with a temptation to relax compliance standards as a means to remaining agile and navigate a pressing shortage of goods and services.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the flow of goods across the globe, from raw materials to finished products.

Freight forwarder Expeditors International has acquired Fleet Logistics' digital-forwarding platform for an undisclosed sum, according to a press release.

Announcements about plant openings and closings make good political fodder.

The Chinese government notified the World Health Organization of an unusual illness in the city of Wuhan last December 31.

Using electric, autonomous drones for package deliveries can result in "operational costs [that] are at least 70% lower than a van delivery service," Pedro Pacheco, a senior director analyst at Gartner, said in a company research note published Tuesday.

Late on May 5, 2020 the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued another round of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that extended the Safe Harbor Deadline to return Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds from May 7, 2020 to May 14, 2020.

The dramatic slowdown in industrial production, energy demand and transport activity in the first quarter of 2020

Global Trade Talk is part of an ongoing series highlighting international business, trade, investment, and site location issues and opportunities. This article focuses on the conversation between Jack Perkowski, JFP Holdings Ltd., and Keith Rabin, KWR International, Inc.

The federal government can develop a national program coordinating the exchange of available ventilators between states based on their varied peaks in demand driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research article in Health Affairs.