Wegmans invests $110M in its supply chain
The grocer is building a new facility in its home base of upstate New York and consolidating operations to limit its reliance on third-party providers.
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The grocer is building a new facility in its home base of upstate New York and consolidating operations to limit its reliance on third-party providers.
Cruise and container giant Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is in talks over a possible investment in German shipyard Meyer Werft. Bloomberg and multiple German media have reported MSC is negotiating for a possible acquisition of the 80% stake in Meyer Werft currently held by Germany’s federal government and the state …
Taiwanese offshore engineering player ATE Energy International has brought its new cable-laying vessel Oceanus 1 into service, adding another locally based installation asset to the country’s growing offshore energy supply chain. The Taiwan-flagged DPS-2 vessel arrived in Kaohsiung on September 16 following handover f…
Turkey has pushed back the planned departure of the Osman Gazi floating production platform from Filyos Port to late October, delaying its deployment to the Sakarya gas field in the Black Sea. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar had previously said the unit would leave Filyos at the end of Septem…
Marseille-based liner Marfret has signed for two feeder containerships at China’s Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding, handing the recently commissioned Yangtze yard another overseas order. The contract covers two 480 teu ships. Pricing and delivery dates have not been disclosed. Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and …
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The world’s two great east-west container trades are moving in dramatically different directions, with the gap between transpacific and Asia-Europe spot rates widening to unprecedented levels. Clarksons Research said in its latest Shipping Intelligence Weekly that “geographic divergence” continued in the container fre…
Clarksons’ cross-sector ClarkSea Index continues to record new all-time highs as strong conditions spread across gas carriers, bulkers, containerships and car carriers to go alongside the extraordinary earnings seen in the crude tanker sector. The ClarkSea Index climbed another 14% on Friday to $64,569 a day, propelle…
The demand surcharges, which also include higher fees for China-to-U.S. volume, will take effect as parcel shippers gear up for peak season.
Maersk has confirmed orders for 26 large containerships, ending days of speculation over a major fleet expansion programme. The Danish carrier said on Friday that all 26 ships will have capacity of 18,600 teu and will feature dual-fuel engines capable of operating on LNG. Deliveries are scheduled across 2029 and 2030.…
The off-price retailer’s supply chain strategy allows it to hold inventory instead of going straight to stores, according to a Q2 earnings call.
Personalization and close carrier collaboration can help shippers win in a space where Amazon and Walmart loom large, Scott Anderson told Supply Chain Dive.
Turkey has presented Russia and Ukraine with a draft proposal aimed at ending attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, the latest attempt to contain a maritime conflict that is taking an increasingly heavy toll on merchant shipping. Ankara has shared the text of a memorandum with both Moscow and Kyiv designed t…
The most extraordinary numbers this week came from tankers, where the Baltic Exchange’s Middle East Gulf-China VLCC benchmark broke through the equivalent of $1m a day for the first time. VLCCs loading outside the Gulf are earning close to a million a day too, suezmax and aframax markets are flying and 10-year-old VLC…
Croatia has selected Turkey’s Kuzey Star Shipyard to take control of Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856, moving the historic Pula shipbuilding operation closer to private ownership after years of state-backed restructuring. The Croatian Centre for Restructuring and Sale, CERP, has accepted Kuzey Star’s binding offer of EUR12.0…
The daily rail service to Huntsville, Alabama, extends the Port of Charleston's connectivity to more markets, including Middle Tennessee.
The proposed program would pay up to $36,000 per year for qualifying trucks that operate at the port complex.
Dutch chartering company Transito has launched a new service combining sea freight and inland shipping under one contract, as low water levels and other disruptions put more pressure on cargo movements between European seaports and the hinterland. The service, named Total Freight, covers the sea voyage, port handling,…
Geneva-based Advantage Tankers has been linked to another pair of suezmax newbuildings at Samsung Heavy Industries, doubling up at the South Korean yard as its tanker ordering spree continues. Shipbroking sources have placed the Tugrul Tokgoz-led owner behind two crude tankers Samsung disclosed this week as part of a …
Washington wants to bring the copper supply chain home, but the result could be record refined imports in one direction and US-mined concentrate heading back out to sea in the other. US copper policy is beginning to produce exactly the kind of trade-flow distortion that creates new opportunities for shipping. Broker B…
An initiative to reduce trips to and from post offices far from major processing facilities has disproportionately impacted rural customers, per an agency watchdog report.
Former Thrasio and Walmart executive Kunal Thakkar joined the baby product maker last month to lead global operations and sourcing, among other functions.
Kirk Jensen will focus on strengthening supply chain and manufacturing operations at Good Culture to improve availability and speed to shelf for retail partners, CEO Jesse Merrill said.
CMA CGM has emerged as the likely liner behind plans for another dozen 24,000 teu megamax containerships at China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in a programme potentially worth around $3bn, as rival Maersk is also reported to be sounding out yards for a major new round of ultra-large tonnage. Broker MB Shipbrokers has li…
Germany has relaxed one of the more restrictive crewing requirements among major European maritime nations, allowing non-EU nationals to serve as masters and senior officers aboard German-flagged ships. An amendment to the country’s Safe Manning Ordinance now gives owners the option to use masters and officers from ou…
Maersk has overtaken COSCO to become the largest operator in the fiercely competitive intra-Asia container market, the world’s largest container trade, according to the latest fleet survey from Alphaliner. The Danish carrier had more than 340,000 teu deployed across intra-Asian services in mid-August, having added aro…
KeelX, the focus of this week’s Maritime CEO, grew out of shipowner Lemissoler’s attempt to solve its own operational frustrations: plenty of vessel data and software, but still too much manual work between identifying a problem and doing something about it. The answer was not another dashboard. It was a platform brin…