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Impacts of US Trucking Regs Are Becoming Clearer
In an article published on August 6th, William Cassidy from the JOC wrote an article: ELD Surprise: Costing Supply Chain Time, Not US Truckers, where he outlined some of the impacts from the newly enforced Electronic Logging Data (ELD) requirements that have been put on the trucking industry in the US. While to some this may be a reference to some arcane trucking regulation, these regulations create some fundamental changes to the internal logistics system of the largest economy in the world. For inland markets that are situated in locations that are just beyond the HoS limits for a one-day dray to the nearest load-center seaport like Albuquerque, Salt Lake City or Indianapolis, this will have important implications to competitiveness for international shipments. For international supply chains that rely on inbound or outbound cargo movements, they are faced with higher shipping trucking expenses. These dynamics may suggest that with proper intermodal access, alternatives via rail may even be more attractive.
Updated: GLDPartners @ Multimodal Americas and TIACA Inland Port/Air Cargo Speakers
GLDPartners will be in Toronto in October to participate at the Multimodal Americas/TIACA conference to lead two expert conference sessions that will explore the latest market trends and investment opportunities around inland ports and air cargo.
The Next New Thing in the Apparel Industry
Last year Amazon was granted a patent for an on-demand apparel manufacturing system that is designed to produce apparel products after orders are placed and aggregated; in other words machines only start stitching once an order has been placed. This system means that the only inventory that the manufacturer holds is the fabric or raw material rather than higher-end finished products which will lower the value of the inventory. This frees-up cash and avoids the problem of "unfashionableness" that occurs so frequently in the apparel industry. It looks like Amazon is looking to disrupt the garment industry by aiming for a new standard- sell it, make it, ship it.
Is E-Commerce Good Business for the Freighter Airlines
In the May 24th edition of Loadstar, Sam Whelan writes about the ways in which the e-commerce boom is creating operational challenges for the larger airlines. Everyone is aware that air cargo development in 2017 far exceeded the expectations for the industry and that E-commerce demand for air freight led that charge. E-commerce demand shows no signs of letting up, but just as e-commerce has brought disruption to the retail industry, it is also creating disruption in the air cargo industry. There is no doubt that e-commerce has been a boom to a struggling air cargo industry but with these opportunities have come challenges, challenges that some air carriers just don’t think makes good business sense.
Bob Gollnik Joins GLDPartners
GLDPartners is pleased to announce that Bob Gollnik has joined our team as a Senior Project Manager. Bob will work on complex transportation, supply chain and infrastructure development advisory and delivery projects. Bob will advise businesses and public agencies on strategic transportation planning and policy, implementation and operations issues. One of Bob’s primary roles will be the development of the Mid-California International Trade District which is a $3B quadrimodal investment complex on a 2000 acre property.
Semiconductors – A Flashpoint in the Debate About Global Trade
A common misconception in the United States is that the majority of semiconductor manufacturing is done overseas, as is the case with other electronics products. However, this is not true and the fact is that US semiconductor companies do the majority of their manufacturing in the United States and semiconductors are one of America’s top manufactured exports, behind only aircraft and automobiles.