Amazon has denied it plans to undercut the road freight market with its new digital freight brokerage platform. 
Launched this week, the platform sets Amazon against companies such as CH Robinson, which saw its shares suffer following analysis that the …

DHL is among five companies to be removed from the UK’s Prompt Payment Code (PPC) after failing to pay suppliers on time. 
The move was announced on Sunday by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), with 12 further …

“The macro view” is a brand new bi-monthly column by Aongus Buckley, a seasoned economist, analyst and columnist who has written about economics and sophisticated financial market instruments for almost two decades. His assignment at Loadstar Premium is to focus …

In the early 1950’s that great icon of manufacturing, Japan’s Toyota, almost went broke. With a failing economy, facing crippling union and labour market problems plus banks who would no longer provide funding, Toyota faced a brutal reality. Either re-invent …

XPO’s numbers in Q1 can be explained simply: the 3PL is buying back stock as fast as it can to prop up earnings per share, but despite that, it missed estimates yesterday.
That said, Bradley Jacobs is a genius.
Make …

With a solid track record of delivering Directors and C-Suite Executives, the EMEA Supply Chain & Logistics Summit & Expo is one of the most established events of its kind in Europe. Now in its 21st year, it is a …

“Innovation takes different shapes and forms. Recognising it and adjusting to the industry specifics helps to move it forward” – Inna Kuznetsova, a special guest on Premium this week. 
Over the last three years the shipping industry has seen several …