A refreshingly honest note welcomes visitors to the website of J Capital Research (JCAP), a research outfit that has levelled accusations of financial impropriety at WiseTech, an Aussie supply chain software provider.
“We are short-sellers. We are biased. We do …

Often out of the limelight, Germany’s Dachser is a rather peculiar, fascinating and sizeable 3PL.
Ranking outside the top 10 in air and sea freight by volumes…
… taking into account all the players with a similar global status…
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Antwerp and Zeebrugge authorities say they now are “willing to start negotiations” on a possible merger.
Talks between the Belgian ports earlier in the year stalled acrimoniously.
Last year they commissioned consultant Deloitte and legal firm Laga to explore their …

The unprecedented acceleration of e-commerce spending in South-east Asia is fuelling regional cross-border logistics growth.
However, according to Kevin Burrell, DHL Supply Chain chief executive for Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, there are significant challenges to the smooth flow of …

Maritime insurers have once again called for a drastic improvement in fire protection on containerships, and urge countries to press for change in international regulations at the IMO.
Despite publishing new guidance for fire prevention on box ships two years …

Finally, there is movement among logistics companies to make changes to meet the target for the transport sector to cut emissions by 90% in the next 30 years.
But there are still significant hurdles, mostly around cost.
Gebrüder Weiss has …

Are the glory days of globalisation gone for good, or are we in the midst of a major change in how we ship goods?
Trade wars, Brexit, slowing manufacturing activity and rising government regulations worldwide are threatening globalisation and increasing …