Commentary
Sanctions, Strategy, and Middle East Logistics Advances
Not long ago, operating in the Levant felt like navigating a legal minefield wrapped in a geopolitical maze. Transshipments choked in Turkey or Lebanon, insurance premiums soared, and carriers and shippers viewed Middle Eastern ports with deep skepticism. Now, Washington is redrawing the regional logistics map in real time. By pairing sanctions relief in Syria […]
After 50 Years, Iraq Is Back in the Container Shipping Business
Recent diplomatic initiatives by the Trump administration, including those led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have helped Iraq restart its maritime shipping sector. After a half-century hiatus, Iraq’s state-owned national carrier, Iraqi Maritime Line, has officially resumed scheduled container shipping operations in the Arabian Gulf. The carrier’s maiden feeder loop links Jebel Ali Port […]
What Importers Need to Know as U.S.-Canada Trade Tensions Escalate
Importers must determine how the changing tariff environment will affect landed costs, documentation, and compliance obligations.
Case Studies
Brian Waite: Pump Company Freight Manager Takes a Multimodal Approach
Discover how Brian Waite, Global Freight Manager at WMFTS, leverages a multimodal freight strategy—balancing ocean and air—to cut costs and keep supply moving.
Delivering the Route to a More Efficient Fleet
Richard’s Building Supply maintains operations in more than 60 locations across 14 states. Even so, it managed and tracked its fleet of several hundred vehicles via “a paper-process with old-fashioned delivery boards and a GPS system,” says Jenny Vetter, the company’s logistics manager.
Uniting the Public and Private Sectors to Achieve High-Stakes Goals
With a lifelong immersion in politics and business, Eugene Laney, president and CEO of the AAEI, values the art of listening, the power of public-private partnerships, and adaptability as the ultimate trade secret.
How-To
10 Tips for Building a Strong Workforce
As labor shortages intensify, warehouses must look beyond traditional hiring strategies. Expanding your potential talent pool and improving onboarding, communication, and workplace technology can help unlock productivity and retention gains.
10 Tips for Mapping AI to Resilience
Giving AI a complete, real-world picture of operations—the actual decisions, constraints, exceptions, and workarounds that define how work gets done—is what enables it to identify risks and drive resilient supply chain outcomes.
10 Tips for Bringing Integrated Intelligence to Your Supply Chain Data
Shippers have access to more supply chain data than ever before, but more data doesn’t necessarily lead to better decisions. When information is fragmented across systems, delayed by reporting cycles or viewed without the right business context, even valuable insights can arrive too late to make a difference. The next evolution in logistics technology is […]