-China’s Strong-ARMing - The Great Chip Heist
-Trade Secretary to Begin an Exemption Process
-Airlines to Zero Carbon by 2050, on a Net Basis
-Steamship Lines to Buy Aircraft
-The Holidays Are Going to Look Different
-Fertilizer Plant Closures and Export Bans
-Costco Rations and Supply Chain Moves
-Lifting of the International Travel Ban
-Surprise US defense alliance with Australia, UK, and New Zealand
-Union Pacific adding new fees for low volume shippers
-Real leadership on e-commerce from … the British?
Today on Uptime Logistics, Doug Draper dives into the Northern Colorado Manufacturing Partnership. Sylvia Robinson of Tolmar Pharmaceuticals joins him to discuss the partnership, workforce development initiatives, job opportunities, and the upcoming NOCOM event being held this week.
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-Regulating Activities in “Final Mile” Warehouses
-Adding Containers to Bulk Cargo Ships
-Big Boxes Taking a Play from Amazon
-Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Short episode here for a short week. Today Keenan Brugh of ICOSA Media and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
1:20 - Is Supply Chain Management the new MBA?
11:06 - Airlines' Business Travel Problem
Link to Wendover Productions' insightful video on the business travel topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uNM...
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
4:55 -301 Tariff Court Case gets Bigger
7:42 -Maersk rolling out carbon neutral vessels in the next 5 years
12:25 Halftime
16:27 -Food safety issues dominate the conversations him WTO disputes
22:30 -Logtech or Transtech is wave that is coming to help everyone with visibility, efficiencies, etc.
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
2:19 Transportation Assets as a Limiting Factor Facing Expanding Supply Chains
7:25 Has global trade post pandemic “peaked?”
15:39 Emergency Declaration to WAIVE Supply Chain regulations in Q3/Q4
21:57 Does black rock know something we don’t know? Or is inflation really settling down?
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
-Kansas City Southern Rail Update. 2:06
-What does the fall of Afghanistan mean for the broader world of global trade? 9:30
-Christmas is Cancelled 19:41
-Retail Store Front is Coming Back this Fall 23:50
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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
-EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ plan to reduce carbon emissions. Central to the EU’s plan is a carbon border tax.
5:15
-Compliance, ESG, Sustainability, and Greenhouse Gas Initiatives
9:48
-Air capacity going down as air passengers go up.
18:23
-Lessons from Shein (Chinese online only women’s e-trailer) on order flow and manufacturing.
24:52
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
-Ongoing problem with cold chain cost, availability, and reliability. 1:02
-Marijuana Delivery services/growth. Outside looking in. 7:00
-China continues to test imported foods from the US, Canada and Australia for COVID as a non tariff barrier to entry. 21:25
-Manufacturing coming back to US and North American now that supply chain chaos is the new norm. Ex: Peloton setting up shop in OH. 29:40
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
“WeShip”: Converting malls into fulfillment hubs Big and Small (Tipping point).
Humpty Dumpty Hypothesis: What if the state of things is what is is now?
AirShips to the Rescue. Yes, I said Airships. University of Manitoba research and leading advocate. Is there value?
Chinese Vaccination Rate is about 40%. Lockdowns will impact tech and logistics.
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-Congress considers new logistics bill
-Record number of new carrier approvals won’t end driver shortage
-US / China Trade Balance
-Rise of Mass Customization
You’ve likely heard that the price of lumber has skyrocketed this year. You may or may not have heard about a price pull back from the recent high. To learn more about the market and what might be reasonable expectations for the future, Doug Draper dives into the subject with John Duncanson - Executive V.P. of Corton Capital, Inc. and Timber Analyst on the Corton Global Timber Fund.
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Troops 2 Logistics is a 501c3 organization that helps guide our nation’s veterans into post-service opportunities within the logistics industry. Their mission is to eradicate the transition barriers for veterans seeking a logistics career. Learn more in today’s Uptime Logistics episode!
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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-It’s Time to Drop the “E” in Ecommerce
-Connectors for Air Freight
-Are we really at peak inflation yet?
-Rail traffic is up, of course.
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-FEDEX firing 1400 customers
-Yantian port bedlam due to Covid 19 outbreak.
-Home Depot to reserve a ship for own use?
-Ship owners need to learn from this Covid recovery.
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-Containers Impacting Agriculture
-Billionaires Not Paying Taxes
-EV Companies Struggling to Make Vehicles
-Biden create a Task Force on Supply Chain
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-China is proposing new legal tools to manage global sanctions against them for their domestic policies.
-Transportation Rules/Regulations are important…..until no longer convenient.
-The backlogs and the supply chain hassles have backed the toilet up all the way to China. The sewage is spilling out all the way back to the source now.
-Entertainment and Baseball Stadium at Howard Terminal in Oakland?
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-Drone Delivery isn’t a Silver Bullet
-Why Foreign Trade Zones need a makeover
-E-commerce “surcharges” are coming
-Just in Time met Just in Case during the pandemic: the return of emergency inventory.